Patent ID: 8196358
Filing Date: 2012-06-12
Classification: E04H,F03D,F05B,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A wind turbine generator tower, comprising: a plurality of tubular tower sections connected with each other in an axial direction of the tower, wherein each of the tower sections includes: a plurality of fastening members; and a plurality of splice plates, wherein, among the plurality of tower sections, adjacent tower sections are connected with protruding parts of one of the adjacent tower sections and the corresponding protruding parts of the other adjacent tower section, said protruding parts being friction-jointed by the fastening members via the splice plates, said tower section main body further includes a center portion and opposite end portions in the axial direction, the protruding parts are arranged at the end portions of the tower section main body without extending into the center portion, and a dimension of each of the protruding parts, in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction, is gradually reduced from the corresponding end portion toward the center portion of the tower section main body.