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US 8,567,131 B2Granted
Wind turbine tower suspension means
AssigneeVestas Wind Systems A/S
InventorBorge Ollgaard
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Abstract
A method of mounting elements in a wind turbine tower, whereby the elements are partly or completely attached to the wind turbine tower by means of magnetic attraction forces. Wind turbine suspension units may be attached to the wind turbine tower, preferably completely or partly to the inner wall by means of magnetic attraction forces, which present structure-weakening attachments to the tower or part of the tower.
Claims20
A tower for a wind turbine, comprising:
- at least one tower section having an inner tower section surface and a pair of tower section flanges, a first of the pair of tower section flanges at an upper end of the tower section and a second of the pair of tower section flanges at a lower end of the tower section, each of the pair of tower section flanges configured to engage with corresponding flanges on a neighboring tower section;
- a platform positioned interior of the inner tower section surface and between the pair of tower section flanges, the platform creating a floor substantially extending, along a common plane, between two points at opposite locations along the inner tower section surface;
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- a suspension element that, at an upper portion of the suspension element, is connected to an attachment area on one of the pair of tower section flanges and that, at a lower portion of the suspension element, is connected to the platform thereby hanging the platform from the one of the pair of tower section flanges.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.