Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Horizontal axis wind turbine with rotatable tower
- Patent Title (中): 具有旋转塔的水平轴风力发电机
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Application No.: US12499107Application Date: 2009-07-08
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Publication No.: US08106528B2Publication Date: 2012-01-31
- Inventor: Kuo-Shen Liu
- Applicant: Kuo-Shen Liu
- Applicant Address: TW Taipei
- Assignee: Houly Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Houly Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Taipei
- Agent Leong C. Lei
- Main IPC: F03D11/04
- IPC: F03D11/04

Abstract:
A horizontal axis wind turbine with rotatable tower including nacelle and blades. The tower, the blades, and the nacelle are rotatable by following the shift of wind direction so as to align the blades to be facing with the wind direction for enhancing performances thereof. Also can eliminate the gearbox, as compared to the conventional horizontal axis wind turbine that the nacelle is not completely fixed with tower, the present invention is easy to manufacture with reduced costs.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110006536A1 HORIZONTAL AXIS WIND TURBINE WITH ROTATABLE TOWER Public/Granted day:2011-01-13
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