Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Node structures for lattice frames
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Application No.: US14406984Application Date: 2013-06-07
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Publication No.: US09702137B2Publication Date: 2017-07-11
- Inventor: Gerner Larsen , Niels Christian Olsen
- Applicant: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- Applicant Address: DK Aarhus N
- Assignee: MHI Vestas Offshore Wind A/S
- Current Assignee: MHI Vestas Offshore Wind A/S
- Current Assignee Address: DK Aarhus N
- Agency: Wood Herron & Evans LLP
- Priority: DK201270388 20120207
- International Application: PCT/DK2013/050178 WO 20130607
- International Announcement: WO2013/185769 WO 20131219
- Main IPC: E04H12/00
- IPC: E04H12/00 ; E04B1/19 ; E04B1/58 ; E04H12/10 ; E02B17/00 ; B21D47/00 ; E04H12/08 ; F03D13/20

Abstract:
A node structure for connecting a member of a lattice frame to one or more other members of the frame comprises a hollow brace having opposed walls that converge outwardly at an acute angle in cross-section toward a central plane to connect at an outer edge. At least one root portion has a central longitudinal axis extending outwardly in the central plane of the brace for alignment with a member of the frame. The root portion has an inner end cut away at opposite sides around the central plane to leave a joining surface that intersects the converging walls of the brace while embracing an outer region of the brace extending inwardly from the outer edge.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150107181A1 NODE STRUCTURES FOR LATTICE FRAMES Public/Granted day:2015-04-23
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