US 12,467,433 B2
Wind power generation system
Takuya Nakagawa, Toki (JP); Shunsuke Suzuki, Nagoya (JP); Masaya Hikita, Kariya (JP); and Tsutomu Araki, Okazaki (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi (JP)
Filed on Nov. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/503,181.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-189387 (JP), filed on Nov. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0175424 A1, May 30, 2024
Int. Cl. F03D 9/30 (2016.01); E04H 12/10 (2006.01); F03D 13/20 (2016.01); F03D 80/80 (2016.01)
CPC F03D 9/30 (2016.05) [E04H 12/10 (2013.01); F03D 13/20 (2016.05); F03D 80/80 (2016.05); F05B 2240/9121 (2013.01); Y02E 10/74 (2013.01)] 2 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wind power generation system comprising: a plurality of foundations; a steel tower; a wind power generator; and a support structure supporting the wind power generator, wherein
the steel tower comprises a plurality of main column members extending upward from base ends fixed to the foundations,
at least a portion of the support structure is fixed to at least one of the plurality of foundations without intervention of the plurality of main column members,
the support structure comprises a lower part structure located below the wind power generator,
the lower part structure is fixed to at least one of the plurality of foundations without intervention of the plurality of main column members,
the support structure comprises an upper part structure located above the wind power generator,
the upper part structure is connected to at least one of the plurality of main column members, and
the upper part structure comprises a diagonal member extending from the wind power generator toward one of the plurality of main column members, as the diagonal member is displaced upward.