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US 12,196,181 · App. 18/247,401 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Temporary enclosure for at least a part of a rotor blade

Inventors: Lars Martensen (Sønderborg, DK); Jesper Ankjaer Pedersen (Kolding, DK); Peter Moos Junker (Kolding, DK)
Assignee: PP ENERGY APS
F03D80/50
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Patent No.
US 12,196,181
App. No.
18/247,401
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Temporary enclosure ( 1 ) for at least a part of a rotor blade connected to a wind power plant having a tower and a rotor top part, the enclosure ( 1 ) having a framework ( 2 ); one or more walls ( 3 ); a roof ( 4 ); said roof extends from said wall towards said blade; said framework ( 2 ) stretching said walls ( 3 ) said that a volume is enclosed below the roof ( 4 ) wherein said framework ( 2 ) includes one or more frame parts ( 5 ), a connection ( 6 ) for connection of the one or more frame parts ( 5 ) and an activation means ( 7 ) for activation a change in the framework ( 2 ) whereby the volume enclosed by the enclosure ( 1 ) change.

Claims (26)

1. A temporary enclosure for at least a part of a rotor blade connected to a wind power plant having a tower and a rotor top part, the enclosure comprising;

a framework;

one or more walls attached to said framework;

a roof; said roof extends from said framework towards said blade;

wherein said walls stretch about said framework and define a volume enclosed below the roof, wherein said framework comprises one or more frame parts, a connection configured to connect the one or more frame parts and one or more activation means for activating a change in the framework whereby the volume enclosed by said walls changes, and wherein the walls are attached to said framework at a bottom frame part and at an upper frame part.

2. The temporary enclosure according to claim 1 , wherein at least one frame part has a telescopic form.

3. The temporary enclosure according to claim 1 , wherein the framework comprises at least two frame parts.

4. The temporary enclosure according to claim 1 , wherein at least one connection is a pivotable connection.

5. The temporary enclosure according to claim 1 , wherein the framework comprises at least four frame parts.

6. A temporary enclosure for at least a part of a rotor blade connected to a wind power plant having a tower and a rotor top part, the enclosure comprising;

a framework;

one or more walls;

a roof; said roof extends from said wall towards said blade;

said framework stretching said walls such that a volume is enclosed below the roof, wherein said framework comprises one or more frame parts, a connection for connecting the one or more frame parts and an activation means for activating a change in the framework whereby the volume enclosed by the enclosure changes, wherein the framework comprises at least four frame parts and wherein at least four of the frame parts have a telescopic form in order to change both the length and the width of the framework, and wherein the walls are attached to said framework at a bottom frame part and at an upper frame part.

7. The temporary enclosure according to claim 1 , wherein the framework comprises at least one frame part that can be divided into two sub frame parts and the sub-frame parts can be moved away from each other and the framework can be opened.

8. The temporary enclosure according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the connections of frame parts can be disconnected, and the framework can be opened.

9. The temporary enclosure according to claim 1 , wherein the activations means is an actuator.

10. The temporary enclosure according to claim 1 , wherein at least one wall is movable.

11. The temporary enclosure according to claim 1 , wherein the enclosure comprises more than one wall and that each wall has its own frame part.

12. The temporary enclosure according to claim 1 , wherein the enclosure comprises a platform.

13. The temporary enclosure according to 12 , wherein the platform is connected to the framework.

14. The temporary enclosure according to claim 12 , wherein the platform and the framework share activation means.

15. The temporary enclosure according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of the one or more activation means are controlled by a common controller.

16. The temporary enclosure according to claim 2 , wherein the framework comprises at least two frame parts.

17. The temporary enclosure according to claim 2 , wherein at least one connection is a pivotable connection.

18. The temporary enclosure according to claim 3 , wherein at least one connection is a pivotable connection.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 19, 2023
From: MARTENSEN, LARS; PEDERSEN, JESPER ANKJAER; JUNKER, PETER MOOS
To: PP ENERGY APS
Reel/Frame 064956/0884 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 20206653 · Nov 10, 2020 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230407850A1 · Dec 21, 2023
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