Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Lifting frame for a wind turbine blade
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Application No.: US16066439Application Date: 2016-12-23
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Publication No.: US10883477B2Publication Date: 2021-01-05
- Inventor: Michael Kastrup , Adrian Botwright , Troels Vahle , Lucia Quintana , Jacob Antonsen , Martin Damm , Kristoffer Lolk Fredriksen
- Applicant: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- Applicant Address: DK Aarhus
- Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- Current Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- Current Assignee Address: DK Aarhus
- Agency: Wood Herron & Evans LLP
- Priority: GB1523126.9 20151230
- International Application: PCT/DK2016/050465 WO 20161223
- International Announcement: WO2017/114531 WO 20170706
- Main IPC: F03D13/40
- IPC: F03D13/40 ; B66C1/10

Abstract:
Lifting yoke and method; the lifting yoke configured for connecting to, and lifting, a wind turbine blade transport frame, said yoke being generally rectangular and comprising four corner posts connected by struts; each corner post being configured for internally receiving therein an upwardly oriented locating finger atop a said transport frame shoulder; said corner post having a housing enclosing an internal space and extending between a lower foot face and a top; said corner post having, at said lower foot face, an aperture dimensioned to receive a said locating finger into said internal space; said corner post further comprising guide surfaces enclosed within said housing and spaced apart to define a locking space and configured to snugly receive a said locating finger; each guide surface comprising a locking aperture; wherein a movable locking element is configured to engage both said locking apertures to thereby bridge said locking space; said locking element being configured to engage a lifting point at said locating finger; said movable locking element constituting the primary lifting element of said lifting yoke.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190154005A1 LIFTING FRAME FOR A WIND TURBINE BLADE Public/Granted day:2019-05-23
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