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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2018
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Daniel Lopez-Benedito, Barcelona, ES;
John Carl Bell, Pearland, TX (US);
Gaylon Mitchell Pfeiffer, Boston, MA (US);
Theodore Steven Wilmot, Laurens, SC (US);
Adam Sean Davis, Livermore, CO (US);
Marc Cavalle, Barcelona, ES;
Jordi Escola Belarte, Barcelona, ES;
Bart Jan Veldkamp, Enschede, NL;
Christoph Lammen, Salzbergen, DE;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to a lift system for a rotor blade of a wind turbine. The lift system includes a lifting device having at least one cradle. The cradle has a profile that corresponds to at least one of the exterior surfaces of the rotor blade so as to support at least a portion of the rotor blade. Further, the lift system includes a positioning assembly having at least one distance sensor mounted to the hub and at least one visual sensor mounted to the lifting device. Thus, the distance sensor is configured to identify a distance from the hub to the lifting device and the visual sensor is configured to identify a position of the rotor blade in the cradle.