US Patent Issued to BEIJING GOLDWIND SCIENCE & CREATION WINDPOWER EQUIPMENT on Sept. 30 for "Slip ring apparatus, yaw system, and wind turbine generator set" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,680, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to BEIJING GOLDWIND SCIENCE & CREATION WINDPOWER EQUIPMENT Co. LTD. (Beijing).

"Slip ring apparatus, yaw system, and wind turbine generator set" was invented by Xianfu Cen (Beijing), Weifeng Gu (Beijing) and Jiankun Chu (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A slip ring apparatus, a yaw system, and a wind turbine generator set are provided. The slip ring apparatus includes a rotating part and a fixed part, the rotating part can rotate relative to the fixed part, a conductive ring is provided on the rotating part, an electric brush is provided on the fixed part, and a chute is formed in at least...