Patent ID: 11898534
Assignee: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  Y | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. A wind turbine comprising:
a tower;
a nacelle mounted on the tower;
a hub mounted rotatably on the nacelle;
a blade carrying structure connected to the hub; and
one or more wind turbine blades connected to the blade carrying structure via a hinge, each wind turbine blade thereby being arranged to perform pivot movements relative to the blade carrying structure between a minimum pivot angle and a maximum pivot angle, each wind turbine blade extending between an outer tip and an inner tip;
wherein each wind turbine blade has:
an outer portion extending between the hinge and the outer tip and having a first length; and
an inner portion extending between the hinge and the inner tip and having a second length;

wherein a coning angle of the blade carrying structure is larger than zero and/or a tilt angle of a rotor axis is larger than zero;
and wherein a horizontal distance from the tower at a vertical position defined by a position of the hinge at tower passage to a point of connection between the blade carrying structure and the hub is equal to or less than the second length.