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patent · US7109600

Direct drive wind turbine

19 September 2006

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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.

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Abstract

A wind turbine is provided that minimizes the size of the drive train and nacelle while maintaining the power electronics and transformer at the top of the tower. The turbine includes a direct drive generator having an integrated disk brake positioned radially inside the stator while minimizing the potential for contamination. The turbine further includes a means for mounting a transformer below the nacelle within the tower.

Provenance

Collection
Cited prior art
Filed
2006-05-19
Source
Google Patents bibliographic record
Granted
2006-09-19
Inventors
Garrett Lee Bywaters; William Danforth; Christopher Bevington; Jesse Stowell; Daniel Costin; Northern Power Systems Inc