Radial Contact Pressure Patents (Class 200/19.12)
  • Patent number: 10480490
    Abstract: A lightning current transfer unit for a wind turbine, the wind turbine comprising a first part and a second part being rotatable relative to each other, wherein the lightning current transfer unit is arranged to provide electrical contact between the first and second parts, the lightning current transfer unit comprising: a first current transfer portion comprising a first slider and configured to be electrically coupled to a first electrically conducting slideway of the first part of the wind turbine, the first slider being rotatable relative to the first slideway; a second current transfer portion configured to be electrically coupled to an electrically conducting portion of the second part of the wind turbine; a first main spring biasing the first slider towards the first slideway; wherein the first slider comprises: a primary contact biased towards the first slideway by the first main spring; a secondary contact arranged to move relative to the primary contact; and a secondary spring arranged between the f
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S
    Inventors: Anders Niels Hansen, Morten Bagger Søgaard, Claus Grøn Lyngby, Gert Lading