Patent ID: 7387497

Claim:
A means for mounting the yaw mechanism of a wind turbine on the upper end of a wind turbine tower structure having a configuration which is not complementary to the yaw mechanism, comprising: an adapter having upper and lower ends; said lower end of said adapter having a configuration complementary to the upper end of the wind turbine tower structure to enable said lower end thereof to be secured to the upper end of the wind turbine tower structure; said upper end of said adapter having a configuration which is complementary to the yaw mechanism to enable the yaw mechanism to be mounted thereon; said wind turbine comprising a plurality of longitudinally extending peripheral sections joined together with each of the peripheral sections being bent along a plurality of longitudinally extending break lines to define a plurality of angled wall sections extending between longitudinally inwardly extending edge portions; said upper end of said adapter being generally ring-shaped; said lower end of said adapter defining a plurality of angled wall sections; said adapter having a greater outside diameter at its said upper end than the outside diameter of said lower end thereof.