IP Library Granted Patent US 9,464,625
Granted Patent B2
US 9,464,625 · App. 14/114,116 · Granted Oct 11, 2016

Wind turbine

Inventors: Albrecht Brenner (Aurich, DE); Frank Knoop (Aurich, DE); Matthias Ubben (Emden, DE)
Assignee: WOBBEN PROPERTIES GMBH
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Patent No.
US 9,464,625
App. No.
14/114,116
Granted
Oct 11, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a wind power installation comprising a rotor to which rotor blades can be fitted, an electric generator having a generator stator and a generator rotor, and a plurality of displacement units. The first end of the displacement unit is fastened to the generator stator and the second end of the displacement unit is releasably fastened to the generator rotor. The displacement units each have a respective hydraulic cylinder, the deflection of which is controllable so that by actuation of the displacement unit the generator rotor is displaced relative to the generator stator.

Claims (8)

1. A wind power installation comprising:

an aerodynamic rotor configured to have rotor blades fixed thereto and removed therefrom;

an electric generator having a generator stator and a generator rotor, the generator rotor being directly coupled to the aerodynamic rotor; and

a plurality of displacement units, each having a first end that includes a bracket directly and releasably fastened to the generator stator and a second end that includes a fork directly and releasably fastened to the generator rotor, each of the displacement units having a respective hydraulic cylinder between the fork and the bracket, wherein a deflection of each of the hydraulic cylinders is controllable and causes a displacement of the generator rotor relative to the generator stator whereby rotation of the aerodynamic rotor is effected, wherein the bracket and the fork are fastened to the generator stator and the generator rotor, respectively, while rotor blades are being fixed to or removed from the aerodynamic rotor.

2. The wind power installation according to claim 1 wherein the fork is releasably fastened to a brake disc of the generator rotor.

3. The wind power installation according to claim 1 , wherein the generator stator has a plurality of stator arms.

4. The wind power installation according to claim 1 , wherein each respective displacement unit is located between two adjacent stator arms.

5. The wind power installation according to claim 1 , wherein the generator rotor includes a plurality of holes, wherein each of the forks is directly and releasably fastened to the generator rotor at the plurality of holes.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 6, 2014
From: BRENNER, ALBRECHT; KNOOP, FRANK; UBBEN, MATTHIAS
To: WOBBEN PROPERTIES GMBH
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Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2011 017 801 · Apr 29, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140110949A1 · Apr 24, 2014