patent · US6951443
Wind turbine ring/shroud drive system
4 October 2005
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This patent is cited by material in the archive, so it is indexed here by number, title and inventor. The archive holds no copy of its text.
Abstract
A wind turbine capable of driving multiple electric generators having a ring or shroud structure for reducing blade root bending moments, hub loads, blade fastener loads and pitch bearing loads. The shroud may further incorporate a ring gear for driving an electric generator. In one embodiment, the electric generator may be cantilevered from the nacelle such that the gear on the generator drive shaft is contacted by the ring gear of the shroud. The shroud also provides protec...
Provenance
- Collection
- Cited prior art
- Original PDF
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- Filed
- 2000-09-08
- Source
- Google Patents bibliographic record
- Granted
- 2005-10-04
- Inventors
- Ralph W. Blakemore; General Electric Co