Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electrical supply into wind turbine hub
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Application No.: US14410933Application Date: 2013-06-20
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Publication No.: US09903342B2Publication Date: 2018-02-27
- Inventor: Torben Friis Baun , Jesper Lykkegaard Neubauer
- Applicant: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- Applicant Address: DK Aarhus N.
- Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- Current Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- Current Assignee Address: DK Aarhus N.
- Agency: Wood Herron & Evans LLP
- Priority: DK201270390 20120702
- International Application: PCT/DK2013/050204 WO 20130620
- International Announcement: WO2014/005588 WO 20140109
- Main IPC: F03D1/06
- IPC: F03D1/06 ; F03D7/04 ; H01R39/10 ; H01R39/26 ; H01R39/42 ; F03D80/00 ; F03D80/40 ; F03D80/80 ; F03D9/25

Abstract:
The invention provides a wind turbine including a nacelle, a rotor having at least one blade attached to a hub, and an electrical supply structure for supplying electrical power from the nacelle to the rotor. The rotor is rotatably connected to the nacelle about an axis of rotation. The supply structure comprises a switch which has a connected mode in which the nacelle and the rotor are electrically connected, and a disconnected mode in which the nacelle and the rotor are electrically disconnected. Furthermore, the switch is adapted to change from the disconnected mode to the connected mode when the rotor does not rotate.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150204309A1 ELECTRICAL SUPPLY INTO WIND TURBINE HUB Public/Granted day:2015-07-23
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