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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2016
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
James Robert Tobin, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Murray Fisher, Greer, SC (US);
Madireddi Vasu Datta, Bangalore, IN;
Drew Adam Wetzel, Easley, SC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 1/06 (2006.01); B29C 70/84 (2006.01); B29C 70/74 (2006.01); F03D 13/10 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 1/0633 (2013.01); B29C 70/747 (2013.01); B29C 70/84 (2013.01); F03D 1/0675 (2013.01); F03D 13/10 (2016.05); F05B 2230/60 (2013.01); F05B 2240/30 (2013.01); F05D 2230/60 (2013.01); Y02E 10/721 (2013.01); Y02P 70/523 (2015.11);
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to methods for attaching a plurality of surface features to a rotor blade of a wind turbine. Such methods may include direct molding of the surface features to the rotor blade, bonding arrays of connected components to the rotor blade and subsequently removing connections between components, as well as using a flexible template with or without a tinted adhesive.