Containerized mobile wind power generation apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12180927-B2
Application number	US-202318121341-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 14, 2023
Priority date	Sep 28, 2020
Publication date	Dec 31, 2024
Grant date	Dec 31, 2024

Abstract

A linear-motion guiding device is disposed on the wall of the container. The wind turbine includes, at the lower end of the support column, a support-column lower end member capable of being fixed to the linear-motion guiding device. A slider of the linear-motion guiding device is provided with a guide member, and a bolt is inserted through a bolt insertion hole in the support-column lower end member and is screwed into a threaded hole in the guide member. The apparatus includes an attachment guide part including a stepped bolt and a flanged step part, the attachment guide part being configured to guide the support-column lower end member to a position and an attitude in which the bolt insertion hole in the support-column lower end member is aligned with the threaded hole in the guide member when the support-column lower end member is not fixed to the slider.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A containerized mobile wind power generation apparatus comprising:
a container;
a wind turbine capable of being housed in the container; and
a generator configured to be driven by the wind turbine to generate power,
the containerized mobile wind power generation apparatus further comprising a linear-motion guiding device disposed on a wall of the container, the linear-motion guiding device including a slider configured to be moved vertically,
wherein the wind turbine includes a rotary blade assembly disposed at an upper end of a support column, and a support-column lower end member disposed at a lower end of the support column and configured to be fixed to the slider, and the wind turbine is configured to be moved vertically along with the slider when the support-column lower end member is fixed to the slider,
the slider is provided with a guide member, and the wind turbine is configured to be fixed to the slider by inserting a bolt through a bolt insertion hole in the support-column lower end member and screwing the bolt into a threaded hole in the guide member, and
the containerized mobile wind power generation apparatus includes an attachment guide part configured to engage with the support-column lower end member to thereby guide the support-column lower end member to a position and turn the support-column lower end member toward a direction, the position and the direction being such that the bolt insertion hole in the support-column lower end member is aligned with the threaded hole in the guide member, when the support-column lower end member is not fixed to the slider.

2. The containerized mobile wind power generation apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the attachment guide part includes:
a stepped bolt including a shaft part and a head part having a larger diameter than that of the shaft part;
a hook slot provided in the support-column lower end member, the hook slot having, in a lower part thereof, a large diameter part through which the head part of the stepped bolt is configured to pass and, in an upper part thereof,
a narrow part having a width that permits the shaft part of the stepped bolt to pass through but does not permit the head part to pass through; and
a flanged step part including a receiving part configured to receive a lower face of the support-column lower end member and a flange part extending upward from an end of the receiving part opposite from the container so as to engage with a side face of the support-column lower end member opposite from the container.

3. The containerized mobile wind power generation apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the wind turbine is a vertical wind turbine including a central rotary member disposed so as to be rotatable about a vertical axis and a plurality of blades extending vertically around the central rotary member.

4. The containerized mobile wind power generation apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , comprising
upper and lower to-be-engaged parts in an upper part of the container and a lower part of the support column of the wind turbine, respectively, and
a winder including upper and lower hook parts configured to be engaged with the upper and lower to-be-engaged parts, respectively, and change a distance between the upper and lower hook parts.

5. The containerized mobile wind power generation apparatus as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the winder is an electric winder.

Assignees

• Ntn Toyo Bearing Co Ltd

Inventors

• Karasawa Ryosuke

Classifications

• F05B2240/915

  which is vertically adjustable · CPC title

• F05B2240/214

  of the Musgrove or "H"-type · CPC title

• F05B2240/142

  in the form of a standard ISO container · CPC title

• F03D9/25

  the apparatus being an electrical generator (F03D9/22 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F05B2240/9151

  telescopically · CPC title