IP Library Granted Patent US 12,072,000
Granted Patent B2
US 12,072,000 · App. 18/558,854 · Granted Aug 27, 2024

Belt

Inventors: Tim Fiss (Hannover, DE); Heiko Sattler (Wedemark, DE)
Assignee: ContiTech Antriebssysteme GmbH
F16G1/12F03D80/00F16G1/28F16H7/023F05B2260/504F05B2260/79F05B2280/2006
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Patent No.
US 12,072,000
App. No.
18/558,854
Granted
Aug 27, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A belt, preferably for use in a device for rotor blade adjustment on a wind turbine, includes a base body made of polymeric material and at least one strength member made of metallic material, which is embedded in the base body and running in the longitudinal direction. The belt has a first surface and a second surface situated opposite the first surface, in which at least the first surface has a reinforcing fabric. The belt has at least one sacrificial anode made of a metallic material, in which the metallic material is less noble than the metallic material of the strength member.

Claims (31)

1. A belt comprising:

a base body made of polymeric material and at least one strength member made of metallic material, the at least one strength member being embedded in the base body and running in a longitudinal direction of the belt,

a first surface and a second surface situated opposite the first surface, wherein at least the first surface has a reinforcing fabric, and

a sacrificial anode made of a metallic material,

wherein the metallic material of the sacrificial anode is less noble than the metallic material of the at least one strength member.

2. The belt according to claim 1 , wherein:

the belt has a plurality of strength members, wherein the strength members are spaced apart from each other and form at least one arranged spooling gap between each other, wherein the sacrificial anode runs in a rope-like manner, parallel to the strength members, in the spooling gap.

3. The belt according to claim 1 , wherein:

the sacrificial anode is designed as a sheet-like structure and arranged between the reinforcing fabric and the base body.

4. The belt according to claim 3 , wherein:

the sacrificial anode has a perforation, wherein the perforation is at least partially filled by the polymeric material of the base body.

5. The belt according to claim 1 , wherein:

the sacrificial anode is designed as a mixture additive in the polymeric material of the base body.

6. The belt according to claim 1 , wherein:

the sacrificial anode is designed as a coating of the reinforcing fabric.

7. The belt according to claim 1 , wherein:

the belt is of open design, wherein the strength member and the sacrificial anode can each be contacted separately from each other at the ends.

8. The belt according to claim 7 , wherein:

an external voltage is applied to the contacted sacrificial anode and the strength member.

9. The belt according to claim 1 , wherein:

the metallic material of the strength member is steel.

10. The belt according to claim 1 , wherein:

the sacrificial anode contains carbon.

11. The belt according to claim 1 , wherein:

the polymeric material of the base body is formed from polyurethane.

12. The belt according to claim 1 , wherein:

the belt is of endlessly closed design.

13. The belt according to claim 1 , wherein:

the belt is designed as a toothed belt.

14. A device for rotor blade adjustment of a wind turbine, having at least one belt according to claim 1 .

15. A wind turbine having at least one device for rotor blade adjustment as claimed in claim 14 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2024
From: CONTITECH ANTRIEBSSYSTEME GMBH
To: CONTITECH DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Reel/Frame 069359/0391 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 1, 2024
From: FISS, TIM; SATTLER, HEIKO
To: CONTITECH ANTRIEBSSYSTEME GMBH
Reel/Frame 067888/0240 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2021 204 863.3 · May 12, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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