| US 7,551,130 B2 | ||
| Wind turbine with data receiver | ||
| Markus Altenschulte, Spelle (Germany) | ||
| Assigned to General Electric Company, Schenectady, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 21, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/943,815. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2009/0128402 A1, May 21, 2009 | ||
| Int. Cl. G01S 1/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 342—357.09 [342/357.06; 342/357.1] | 17 Claims |
| 1. A wind turbine comprising:
a receiver adapted to receive a signal from a satellite-based navigation system and to determine time information from the
signal;
a communication device operatively connected to the receiver and adapted to transmit the time information to a recipient located
remotely from said wind turbine; and
a controller comprising a first internal clock, the controller being operatively connected to the receiver and adapted to
adjust the first internal clock with the time information.
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