Patent ID: 7249935

Claim:
A wind turbine lightning protection means, said means comprising means for conducting an electrical current induced by a lightning, said means capable of conducting the electrical current from blades of the wind turbine, and said means comprising electrical conductor means passing along the base of the blades, through the hub and to a stationary part of the wind turbine by leading the electric conductor means past a flange for mounting the hub to a main shaft of the wind turbine, said stationary part of the wind turbine being stationary in relation to the mounting flange during operation of the wind turbine, and where leading of the electrically conducting means past the mounting flange is established by one of the following means: fastening means provided in or attached to the circumference of the mounting flange for fastening the electrically conducting means to the circumference of the mounting flange, or through-going holes in the mounting flange for passing the electrically conducting means through the mounting flange.