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US 2008/0166231 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for forming wind turbine machines
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorBharat Sampathkumaran Bagepalli
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Abstract
A wind turbine includes a nacelle connected to a unitary tube bedplate.
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A wind turbine comprising a nacelle connected to a unitary tube bedplate.
A nacelle and bedplate structure for a wind turbine, said structure comprising a cap nacelle connected to a unitary tube bedplate.
A method of forming a bedplate structure for a wind turbine, said method comprising:
- forming a tubular member;
- and
- forming two complimentary tube bedplates from said tubular member.
A method of forming a nacelle for a wind turbine, said method comprising:
- forming a bottom member having a top edge;
- forming a top member having a bottom edge that is complimentary in shape to the top edge;
- and
- attaching the bottom member to the top member along the top edge and the bottom edge such that the nacelle is a cap nacelle having a closed first end and an open second end.
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A method of forming a wind turbine, said method comprising:
- forming a unitary bedplate structure from a tubular member such that the bed plate has a contoured open first end;
- forming a cap nacelle having a closed first end a contoured second open end;
- and
- attaching the first end of the bedplate to the second end of the cap nacelle to form a cap nacelle and tube bedplate structure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.