Patent ID: 11867152
Assignee: CHARALAMPOS TASSAKOS
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  Y | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. A wind turbine (100) having a rotor (102) rotatable about a vertical axis of rotation (104), the rotor having a rotating hub (3) and a plurality of rotor blades arranged along an outer periphery of the rotor (102), each rotor blade having a lower segment (4) and an upper segment (5) attached to an upper distal end of the lower segment (4), wherein lower proximal ends of respective lower segments (4) of the rotor blades are each attached to the rotating hub (3), characterized in that the lower segments (4) of the rotor blades in conjunction with the hub (3), guy wires (7) and bracing wires (8) form an inverse pyramid, wherein the guy wires (7) interconnect first attachment points (6) in the area of the distal ends of the lower segments (4) and the bracing wires (8) connect the first attachment points (6) to the hub (3), and wherein the guy wires (7) and the bracing wires (8) are pretensioned.