US 12,338,800 B2
Wind turbine and method for mounting a platform to a wall portion of a wind turbine
Hans Kjaer Blaabjerg, Gevded (DK); Jesper Gjelstrup Kristiansen, Viby J (DK); and Thomas Smedegaard, Åbyhøj (DK)
Assigned to SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY A/S, Brande (DK)
Appl. No. 17/427,172
Filed by Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S, Brande (DK)
PCT Filed Jan. 29, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/052182
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 30, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/157143, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 6, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19154715 (EP), filed on Jan. 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0099070 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. F03D 80/80 (2016.01); E04G 3/24 (2006.01); F03D 13/20 (2016.01)
CPC F03D 80/80 (2016.05) [E04G 3/24 (2013.01); F03D 13/20 (2016.05); F05B 2230/61 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wind turbine, comprising:
a tower having one or more tower sections, a tower section of the one or more tower sections including a wall portion and a flange;
at least one wall bracket attached to the wall portion;
a platform arranged within the tower section;
at least one platform bracket attached to the platform
a stay suspending the platform from the wall portion, the stay pivotably connecting, at a first end, to the at least one wall bracket and, at a second end, to the at least one platform bracket, wherein the at least one wall bracket is offset from the at least one platform bracket to account for a gap between the wall portion and the platform;
wherein the stay being pivotably connected to the at least one wall bracket and the at least one platform bracket allows for an angle between the platform and the stay can range from 0 to 180 degrees;
wherein a diameter of the platform is smaller than an inner diameter of the tower section at the flange.