US 12,448,951 B2
Connector arrangement for a wind turbine down conductor, and wind turbine
Sajeesh Sulaiman, Karnataka (IN); Ramakrishnan Manickam, Tamilnadu (IN); Aravind Devaraj, Kerala (IN); Rajanikanth Reddy Dasari, Silkeborg (DK); and Haritha Subramanian Kalyanaraman, Horsens (DK)
Assigned to Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S, Brande (DK)
Appl. No. 18/286,282
Filed by Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S, Brande (DK)
PCT Filed Mar. 8, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/055909
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 10, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/218607, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 20, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 21168337 (EP), filed on Apr. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0376867 A1, Nov. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. F03D 80/30 (2016.01); H01R 4/30 (2006.01); H01R 31/06 (2006.01)
CPC F03D 80/30 (2016.05) [H01R 4/30 (2013.01); H01R 31/06 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector arrangement for a wind turbine down conductor, comprising a lightning conductor cable, a first connection element, a second connection element and a tube, wherein a first end of the cable is connected to the first connection element and a second end of the cable is connected to the second connection element, wherein the cable is electrically connected to the first connection element and the second connection element, wherein the tube surrounds at least a portion of the cable between the first end and the second end of the cable, wherein the tube is fixedly attached to the first connection element and relatively movable to the second connection element.