US 12,258,938 B2
Transporting a wind turbine component
Witold Zareba, Vejle (DK); and Jesper Dommerby Ringgaard, Herning (DK)
Assigned to Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S, Brande (DK)
Appl. No. 17/270,773
Filed by Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S, Brande (DK)
PCT Filed Jul. 24, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/069972
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 23, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/043399, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 5, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 18191403 (EP), filed on Aug. 29, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0340960 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. F03D 13/40 (2016.01); B60P 3/40 (2006.01)
CPC F03D 13/40 (2016.05) [B60P 3/40 (2013.01); F05B 2260/02 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An arrangement for transporting a wind turbine component of a wind turbine, the arrangement comprising:
at least one first portion configured to be placed on a loading area, wherein the first portion comprises two parallel longitudinal beams extending in a longitudinal direction and two cross beams connecting the two parallel longitudinal beams in a width direction, wherein the two cross beams are located above and/or on top of the two parallel longitudinal beams, and wherein a lower surface of the two cross beams forms a contact surface for the loading area,
a second portion, having a component support portion configured to support the wind turbine component, wherein the second portion is not part of the wind turbine,
the first portion and the second portion each having a respective connection interface via which the first portion and the second portion are configured to reversibly couple to each other,
wherein the connection interface of the first portion comprises multiple connection plates having at least one hole for at least one bolt configured for reversibly coupling the connection interface of the first portion to the connection interface of the second portion,
wherein the multiple connection plates of the first portion are arranged on an upper surface of the two parallel longitudinal beams and between the cross beams connecting the two parallel longitudinal beams,
wherein the multiple connection plates of the first portion comprise a first pair of connection plates spaced apart in the width direction, a second pair of connection plates spaced apart in the width direction, and a third pair of connection plates spaced apart in the width direction,
wherein the first pair of connection plates of the multiple connection plates of the first portion are spaced apart from the second pair of connection plates of the multiple connection plates of the first portion in the longitudinal direction by a first longitudinal distance, and the second pair of connection plates of the multiple connection plates of the first portion are spaced apart from the third pair of connection plates of the multiple connection plates in the longitudinal direction by a second longitudinal distance different than the first longitudinal distance, and
wherein the second portion is configured to extend between the first pair of connection plates, between the second pair of connection plates, and/or between the third pair of connection plates when reversibly coupled to the first portion.