# US 2021/0340960 A1 · Transporting a wind turbine component > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0340960 A1 - Document ID: US20210340960A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/270,773 - Filed: 2019-07-24 - Published: 2021-11-04 - Earliest claimed: 2018-08-29 - Assignees: Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S - Applicants: Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S - Inventors: Witold Zareba; Jesper Dommerby Ringgaard - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210340960A1 ## CPC - F03D 13/40: Arrangements or methods specially adapted for transporting wind motor components - B60P 3/40: for carrying long loads, e.g. with separate wheeled load supporting elements ({E04G21/14 takes precedence}; signal devices to be attached to overhanging load B60Q7/02) - F05B 2260/02: Transport, e.g. specific adaptations or devices for conveyance - Y02E 10/72: Wind turbines with rotation axis in wind direction - F03D: WIND MOTORS - B60P: VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS (vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances A61G3/00) - F05B: INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION ## Abstract Provided is an arrangement for transporting a wind turbine component, the arrangement including: a first portion adapted to be placed on a loading area, in particular of a trailer; a second portion, in particular component adapter portion, adapted to support the component; the first portion and the second portion each having a respective connection interface via which the first portion and the second portion are reversibly couplable to each other. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An arrangement for transporting a wind turbine component, the arrangement comprising: at least one first portion adapted to be placed on a loading area; a second portion, having a component adapter portion, adapted to support the component, the first portion and the second portion each having a respective connection interface via which the first portion and the second portion are reversibly coupleable to each other. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The arrangement according to claim 1, further comprising: connectors adapted to mount the connection interface of the first portion to the connection interface of the second portion. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the connection interface of the first portion and/or the second portion comprises at least one or at least four, substantially flat, connection plates each having at least one hole for at least one bolt. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein contact surfaces of all connection plates of the first portion are arranged in a plane, wherein contact surfaces of all connection plates of the second portion are arranged in a plane. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein at least one hole of a connection plate of the first portion comprises an internal screw thread or through hole, wherein at least one hole of a connection plate of the second portion a through hole. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the first portion comprises two parallel longitudinal beams and or at least at longitudinal ends, cross beams extending perpendicular to the longitudinal beams and connecting the longitudinal beams, wherein the connection plates of the first portion are arranged on the longitudinal beams. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the connection plates of the first and the second portion are fixed or welded at the first portion and the second portion, respectively, in a predetermined or a rectangular, pattern, having predetermined distances from each other in two different lateral directions. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the pattern of at least a part of the connection plates of the first portion matches the pattern or to an extend of at least four, of the connections plates of the second portion such that the part of the connection plates of the first portion superimposes on the connection plates of the second portion. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the connection plates of the first portion and/or the second portion are spaced apart in a width direction by a first distance, wherein adjacent of the connection plates of at least the first portion are spaced apart in a longitudinal direction by at least two different second distances. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein at least two columns of connection plates are fixed at the first portion, on the longitudinal beams, and/or at the second portion, the two columns being spaced apart in the width direction by the first distance. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein each column has several rows of connection plates being spaced apart in the longitudinal direction by the second distances, but not limited to. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the first portion further comprises a loading area contact surface, which is substantially flat, the loading area contact surface in particular being at least partly formed by the surfaces of the cross-beams. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the first portion is configured as a tunnel frame forming a tunnel when placed at a ground, wherein a trailer is moved into the tunnel and can lift the first portion from the ground for transporting the wind turbine component. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The arrangement according to claim 1, further comprising: another second portion adapted to support another wind turbine component; the other second portion each connection interface via which the first portion and the other second portion are reversibly coupleable to each other, and/or the arrangement further comprising: a self propelled modular transport and/or a trailer and/or a truck on which the first portion is placable. ### Claim 15 A method of preparing and transporting a wind turbine component, the method comprising: supporting the component by a second portion; coupling the second portion to a first portion via respective connection interfaces of the first portion and the second portion; and placing the first portion on a loading area.