Blade guiding apparatus
AssigneeVestas Wind Systems A/S
InventorsMartin Werner Nielsen, Kennet Hvid Nielsen
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a blade guiding apparatus for facilitating connection between a wind turbine blade and a rotor hub. The blade guiding apparatus has at least one pin which is associated with one of a wind turbine blade or a rotor hub and a frame having a hole for receiving the pin, said frame being associated with the other of the wind turbine blade or the rotor hub. The blade guiding apparatus also features an inflatable part which is configured to, upon inflation, expand from an uninflated condition, in which relative movement between the pin and the frame is not impeded, to an inflated condition, in which the pin is secured within to the frame.
Claims20
A blade guiding apparatus for facilitating connection between a wind turbine blade and a rotor hub, the blade guiding apparatus comprising:
- a pin;
- a frame comprising a hole for receiving the pin;
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- an inflatable part configured to, upon inflation, expand from an uninflated condition in which relative movement between the pin and the frame is not impeded by the inflatable part, to an inflated condition in which said relative movement is impeded by the inflatable part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.