# US 2018/0320668 A1 · Guiding device for strand-shaped components, such as energy- and/or information-conducting cables of wind turbines

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- Number: US 2018/0320668 A1
- Document ID: US20180320668A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 15/775,099
- Filed: 2016-10-07
- Published: 2018-11-08
- Earliest claimed: 2015-11-11
- Assignees: Hydac International GmbH
- Applicants: Hydac International GmbH
- Inventors: Peter MARYNIOK
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180320668A1

## CPC

- F03D 80/85: {Cabling}
- F03D 9/255: {connected to electrical distribution networks; Arrangements therefor}
- H02G 3/30: Installations of cables or lines on walls, floors or ceilings
- Y02E 10/72: Wind turbines with rotation axis in wind direction
- F03D: WIND MOTORS
- H02G: INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES
- Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION

## Abstract

The invention relates to a guiding device for strand-shaped components, such as energy- and/or information-conducting cables (5) of wind turbines (1, 3), consisting of at least one guiding part (7) for partially holding the components, wherein at least said one guiding part (7) can be fastened to a tower segment (3) of the turbine (1, 3) by means of a fastening apparatus (13, 15), is characterized in that the fastening apparatus performs the fastening of the associated guiding part (7) by means of an adhesion apparatus (13), preferably in a detachable manner.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A guiding device for strand-shaped components, such as energy- and/or information-conducting cables (5) of wind turbines (1, 3), consisting of at least one guiding part (7) for partially holding the components, wherein at least said one guiding part (7) can be fastened to a tower segment (3) of the system (1, 3) by means of a fastening device (13, 15), characterized in that the fastening device realizes the fastening of the corresponding guiding part (7), preferably in a redetachable manner, by means of an adhesion device (13).

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The guiding device according to claim 1, characterized in that the adhesion device (13) designed to be redetachable permits the removal of the guiding part (7) from its operation position.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The guiding device according to claim 1, characterized in that the adhesion device (13) has at least one magnetic field-generating fastening component, such as a permanent magnet (17), which cooperates with a magnet-attracting material, such as a steel material, of the assignable tower segment (3) of the system (1, 3).

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The guiding device according to claim 1, characterized in that the adhesion device (13) has at least one compensator device (29, 31), which permits axial and/or radial compensatory movements of the guiding part (7) in a definable range.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The guiding device according to claim 1, characterized in that the adhesion device consists of individual segments (13) extending with an arc-shaped curve, the respective curvature of which follows the curvature of the inner wall of the assignable tower segment (3) of the system (1, 3).

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The guiding device according to claim 1, characterized in that each individual segment (13) has a plurality of individual permanent magnets (17) which, by means of a common handle, can be placed on the tower segment (3) and removed again therefrom.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The guiding device according to claim 1, characterized in that the compensator device (29, 31) has a plurality of tension springs (29), which are linked with their one free end to the handle (21) of the permanent magnets of an individual segment (13) and with their other free end to a common linking bolster (31), which transfers the common tensile force to a linking cord (15), on which the one assignable guiding part (7) is arranged.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The guiding device according to claim 1, characterized in that three individual segments (13) arranged relative to one another at a distance measured in the circumferential direction of the tower segment (3) support the guiding part (7) in its operational state in the tower segment (3) of the system (1,3).

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The guiding device according to claim 1, characterized in that, in addition to the one guiding part (7) which can be fastened by means of the fastening device (13, 15), the additional guiding parts (9) are arranged between this guiding part (7) and a pivotable nacelle (3) of the wind turbine (1, 3) and in that the additional guiding parts (9) are formed in the manner of cable clamp bodies.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The guiding device according to claim 1, characterized in that on the side facing away from the nacelle (3) below the one guiding part (7) with the redetachable fastening device (13, 15) a loop guide (11) is arranged in a stationary manner in the tower of the wind turbine (1, 3) for the purpose of cable feeding.