Support assembly
AssigneeSiements Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S
InventorsKim Fredriksen, Soran Davoodi
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Abstract
A support assembly for carrying at least a part of the load of a drive train, a canopy structure and/or other components arranged inside a nacelle of a wind turbine includes a bed frame structurally establishing a connection between the drive train and/or the nacelle and a tower of the wind turbine, and a support structure coupled to the bed frame configured to support at least a part of the load of the canopy structure and/or components arranged inside the nacelle, wherein the support assembly further includes a coupling means to couple the support structure to the bed frame, wherein the coupling means includes a plurality of pins configured to be inserted in insertion holes.
Claims15
A support assembly for carrying at least a part of a load of a drive train, a canopy structure and/or other components arranged inside a nacelle of a wind turbine, the support assembly comprising:
- a bed frame structurally establishing a connection between the drive train and/or the nacelle and a tower of the wind turbine;
- a support structure coupled to the bed frame configured to support at least a part of the load of the canopy structure and/or other components arranged inside the nacelle;
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- a coupling means to couple the support structure to the bed frame, wherein the coupling means comprises a plurality of pins configured to be inserted in insertion holes.
A method for coupling a support structure to a bed frame of a support assembly of a wind turbine, the support assembly comprising a coupling means to couple the support structure to the bed frame, wherein the coupling means comprises a plurality of pins configured to be inserted in insertion holes, the method comprising:
- placing the support structure at a position where the plurality of pins are slid in the insertion holes to couple the support structure to the bed frame;
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- inserting the plurality of pins into the insertion holes by means of hydraulic actuators.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.