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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
May. 23, 2017
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Scott Jacob Huth, Greenville, SC (US);
Donald Joseph Kasperski, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Aaron A. Yarbrough, Greenville, SC (US);
Eric Michael Shain, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Jacob Lee Bunch, Spartanburg, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A joint assembly for a wind turbine rotor blade includes a male structural member extending longitudinally through female structural members configured with a plurality of rotor blade segments. The female structural member includes first bore holes on opposing sides thereof that are aligned in a chord-wise direction. The male structural member includes second bore holes on opposing sides thereof that are aligned with the first bore holes. At least one chord-wise extending gap is defined between an outer side surface of the male structural member and an inner side surface of the female structural member. A chord-wise extending pin extends through the first and second bore holes to join the male and female structural members. At least one flanged bushing is arranged in the first and second bore holes such that a flange of the bushing extends within the chord-wise extending gap.