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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2014
Applicant:
Vestas Wind Systems A/s, Aarhus N., DK;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Vestas Wind Systems A/S, Aarhus N., DK;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 67/00 (2017.01); B29C 70/52 (2006.01); B29C 70/54 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/08 (2006.01); B32B 3/02 (2006.01); B32B 3/26 (2006.01); B32B 3/30 (2006.01); B32B 5/26 (2006.01); B29D 99/00 (2010.01); F03D 1/06 (2006.01); F03D 13/10 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 1/0675 (2013.01); B29C 70/521 (2013.01); B29C 70/526 (2013.01); B29C 70/545 (2013.01); B29D 99/0028 (2013.01); B32B 3/02 (2013.01); B32B 3/263 (2013.01); B32B 3/30 (2013.01); B32B 5/26 (2013.01); F03D 13/10 (2016.05); B29C 67/0044 (2013.01); B29C 2793/009 (2013.01); B29L 2031/003 (2013.01); B29L 2031/085 (2013.01); B32B 2260/021 (2013.01); B32B 2260/046 (2013.01); B32B 2262/106 (2013.01); B32B 2603/00 (2013.01); F05B 2230/10 (2013.01); F05B 2230/24 (2013.01); F05B 2230/41 (2013.01); F05B 2280/2006 (2013.01); F05B 2280/4003 (2013.01); F05B 2280/6003 (2013.01); F05B 2280/6015 (2013.01); Y02E 10/721 (2013.01); Y02P 70/523 (2015.11);
Abstract
A strip of fiber-reinforced polymeric material for a longitudinal reinforcing structure of a wind turbine blade, the strip having substantially flat upper and lower surfaces and extending longitudinally between first and second transverse edges, wherein an end region of the strip tapers in thickness towards the first transverse edge, and wherein one or more slots are defined in the tapered end region, the or each slot extending longitudinally from the first transverse edge of the strip into the tapered end region.