Patent · US Expired

Wind turbine damper

US4261441A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 7, 1979
Grant dateApr 14, 1981
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Expiry dateMay 7, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02E10/728
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A wind turbine is provided, incorporating guy wires for support, the improvement comprising single or double acting dampers operating in single or multiple planes, applied to the guy wires for the absorption of energy from the guys that are caused to vibrate laterally in any plane under the influence of fluctuating loads imparted to them by the wind turbine.

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