Patent ID: 9624684
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: E04B,E04C,E04H,F03D,F05B,Y02E

Claim:
1. A structural tower for a wind turbine assembly, comprising, along at least a base section thereof: a central section; and a plurality of peripheral sections extending peripherally of the central section, each one of the peripheral sections including a convex-shaped wall having two longitudinal side edges and an inner framework secured to a respective one of the convex-shaped walls and extending inwardly in the respective one of the peripheral sections, the inner framework comprising a plurality of transversal structural members extending between and being secured to the two longitudinal side edges of the respective one of the convex-shaped walls together and a plurality of pairs of connecting structural members extending inwardly towards the central section, each connecting structural member of a pair of the plurality of pairs having a peripheral end adjoined and connected to a respective one of the longitudinal side edges and an inner end adjoined and connected to an inner end of a respective one of the connecting structural members of an adjacent one of the peripheral sections to define a substantially V-shaped structural concavity between adjacent ones of the peripheral sections, wherein along a majority of a length of the base section, the peripheral sections and the structural concavities are provided in an alternating configuration, peripherally to the central section.