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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2018
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Merzhaeuser, Munich, DE;
Andreas Herrig, Garching b. Muenchen, DE;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 1/06 (2006.01); B29C 65/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 1/0675 (2013.01); B29C 65/5042 (2013.01); F05B 2230/23 (2013.01); F05B 2240/302 (2013.01); F05B 2260/301 (2013.01); F05B 2260/96 (2013.01);
Abstract
A jointed wind turbine rotor blade includes a first blade segment and a second blade segment extending in opposite directions from a chord-wise joint line. Each of the blade segments includes a pressure side shell member and a suction side shell member. A sealing tape is applied over the shell members so as to bridge across the chord-wise joint line. The sealing tape includes side edges that are aligned parallel with airflow over the shell members at the chord-wise joint line at a defined load and operational condition on the jointed wind turbine blade.