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US 8,636,388 B2Granted
Nacelle of a wind turbine comprising aviation obstruction lights
AssigneeAloys Wobben
InventorJochen Röer
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Abstract
A pod of a wind power installation is provided having an aviation obstruction lighting arrangement. The aviation obstruction lighting arrangement includes a central light device which in the erected condition of the wind power installation is arranged on the pod on the top thereof, and two lateral light devices which in the erected condition of the wind power installation are arranged at mutually opposite sides of the pod.
Claims17
A pod of a wind power installation comprising:
- an aviation obstruction lighting arrangement, the aviation obstruction lighting arrangement including:
- a central light device which in the erected condition of the wind power installation is arranged on the pod on a top thereof, and
- two lateral light devices which in the erected condition of the wind power installation are arranged at mutually opposite sides of the pod,
- wherein in a properly arranged condition and measured in a horizontal plane, the central light device has a light sector of at least 180° and the two lateral light devices each have a light sector of at least 90°, and wherein the sum of the light sectors of the central light device and the two lateral light devices is together at least 540°.
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A pod of a wind power installation comprising:
- an aviation obstruction lighting arrangement, the aviation obstruction lighting arrangement including:
- a central light device which in the erected condition of the wind power installation is arranged on the pod on a top thereof, and
- two lateral light devices which in the erected condition of the wind power installation are arranged at mutually opposite sides of the pod,
- wherein at least one of the central light device and the two lateral light devices is configured to be folded into an interior of the pod.
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A pod of a wind power installation comprising:
- a rotor having a rotor axis;
- a plurality of baldes;
- an aviation obstruction lighting arrangement, the aviation obstruction lighting arrangement including:
- a central light device which in the erected condition of the wind power installation is arranged on the pod on a top thereof, and
- two lateral light devices which in the erected condition of the wind power installation are arranged at mutually opposite sides of the pod,
- wherein the aviation obstruction lighting is so arranged that the rotor blades leave unobstructed at least a view on to the central light device or one of the lateral light devices for an external viewer who is disposed at a height greater than or equal to a height of the pod and at a spacing relative to the pod of greater than or equal to one rotor blade length.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.