Patent ID: 7207777
Filing Date: 2007-04-24
Classification: B66C,F03D,F05B,Y02E,Y02P,Y10S

Abstract:
1. Method of handling wind turbine blades and mounting said blades on a wind turbine, said method comprising: lifting a wind turbine hub to a nacelle of a wind turbine and mounting the hub on the nacelle or lifting the wind turbine hub and the nacelle as one and mounting the nacelle, including the hub, on a wind turbine tower, establishing a rigid connection to surface areas on sides of a wind turbine blade with a lifting system for handling wind turbine blades, lifting the wind turbine blade with the lifting system for handling wind turbine blades, lifting said wind turbine blade to a vertical position below and in close proximity to said hub, and mounting said wind turbine blade on said hub.