公开(公告)号：US20190047824A1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-14

申请号：US16079284

申请日：2017-03-14

Applicant: Vestas Wind Systems A/S

Inventor： Esben Eskerod Ifversen ,  Claus Hald Therkildsen

IPC: B66B9/00 ,  A62B1/02 ,  F03D80/50 ,  B66B7/04 ,  B66B11/00 ,  B66B11/04 ,  B66B11/02

Abstract: The present invention provides a wind turbine comprising a tower, a nacelle, and a descent module configured to accommodate at least one person while descending down at least a portion of a height of the tower, wherein the descent module is arranged to be magnetically attracted to the tower to guide the descent module relative to the tower over at least a portion of the descent. The present invention also provides a descent module for a wind turbine, and a method of lowering at least one person down at least a portion of a height of a tower of a wind turbine.