US 11,965,579 B2
Wind turbine damper arrangement
Upendra Kumar, Uttar Pradesh (IN); Adam Lord, Hamburg (DE); Madhup Tiwari, Bangalore (IN); and Christian Vogelsang, Hamburg (DE)
Assigned to SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY A/S, Brande (DK)
Filed by Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S, Brande (DK)
Filed on Apr. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/233,944.
Claims priority of application No. 20170978 (EP), filed on Apr. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0332866 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. F16F 7/10 (2006.01); E04B 1/98 (2006.01); F03D 13/20 (2016.01); F03D 80/00 (2016.01)
CPC F16F 7/1034 (2013.01) [E04B 1/98 (2013.01); F03D 13/20 (2016.05); F03D 80/00 (2016.05); F05B 2260/301 (2013.01); F05B 2260/964 (2013.01); F16F 2222/08 (2013.01); F16F 2230/0005 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wind turbine comprising:
a tower; and
a damper module arranged in the tower, the damper module comprising a frame with at least two elongated first frame ends at one side of the frame and at least two elongated second frame ends at the opposite side of the frame, the at least two elongated first frame ends being fixed to a first fixation means arranged at an inner wall of the tower, and the at least two elongated second frame ends being fixed to a second fixation means arranged at the inner wall of the tower;
wherein the at least two elongated first frame ends are immovably fixed to the first fixation means while the at least two elongated second frame ends are fixed sliding relative to the second fixation means;
wherein the first fixation means is a first plate fixed to and extending horizontal from the inner wall, and the second fixation means is a second plate fixed to and extending horizontal from the inner wall, on which the at least two elongated first frame ends and the at least two elongated second frame ends comprising flat support areas rest, respectively.