Flange of a wind turbine
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorSrinivas Ratna Kosuri
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Abstract
An improved flange in a wind turbine is provided. The flange has a flange plate that is connected to a part of the wind turbine. The flange plate and the part of the wind turbine are connected via an edge to form an L-shaped flange. The flange plate includes a connection side to be detachable connected to a counterpart. The flange plate includes a plurality of holes to be used with a connector when the flange is connected to the counterpart. A recess is arranged in the surface of the connection side between the edge of the flange plate and the plurality of holes, to reduce fatigue loads in the area of the holes of the flange plate.
Claims13
A flange of a wind turbine comprising
- a flange plate that is connected to a part of the wind turbine,
- wherein the flange plate and the part of the wind turbine are connected via an edge to form an L-shaped flange,
- wherein the flange plate comprises a connection side to be detachable connected to a counterpart,
- wherein the flange plate comprises a plurality of holes to be used with connectors when the flange is connected to the counterpart,
- wherein a recess is arranged in the surface of the connection side between the edge of the flange plate and the plurality of holes, to reduce fatigue loads in the area of the holes of the flange plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.