US 12,264,721 B2
Leak containment arrangement
Jacobus Klaassen, Voorburg (NL); and Matthias Lenssen, Hamburg (DE)
Assigned to SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY A/S, Brande (DK)
Filed by Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S, Brande (DK)
Filed on Jun. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/208,827.
Claims priority of application No. 22179234 (EP), filed on Jun. 15, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0407941 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. F16F 15/023 (2006.01); F03D 13/20 (2016.01)
CPC F16F 15/023 (2013.01) [F03D 13/20 (2016.05); F16F 2222/12 (2013.01); F16F 2230/0023 (2013.01); F16F 2230/24 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A leak containment arrangement for a fluid damper in a wind turbine tower, comprising:
a receptacle arranged below the fluid damper;
a fluid guide arranged between the fluid damper and the receptacle, wherein the fluid guide is arranged to receive fluid from a leak in the fluid damper and to guide the fluid into the receptacle, wherein a projected surface area of the fluid guide contains a projected surface area of the fluid damper; and
a sensing means arranged to detect the fluid in the receptacle.