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Tower segment, tower section, tower, wind turbine, and method for producing a tower segment and for connecting tower segments

US10794365B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Wobben Properties GmbH · DE

Inventors

Markus Longeru · Stade, DE
Falko Bürkner · Bremen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 3, 2017
Grant date	Oct 6, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 3, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E10/728
WIPO fieldCivil engineering
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A tower segment of a tower of a wind turbine, a tower portion of a wind turbine, a tower of a wind turbine, a wind turbine, a method of producing a tower segment of a wind turbine and a method of connecting tower segments of a wind turbine. The tower segment includes a compression element and a tension element, wherein the tension element is arranged with its main direction of extent substantially horizontally in the installation state and is spaced from the tower segment in a direction in orthogonal relationship with its main direction of extent and is connected to the compression element by way of an intermediate element.

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