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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2017
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Benjamin Patrick Hallissy, Greenville, SC (US);
Andreas Herrig, Garching bei Munich, DE;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 1/06 (2006.01); F03D 80/30 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 1/0675 (2013.01); F03D 80/30 (2016.05); F05B 2230/80 (2013.01); Y02E 10/721 (2013.01); Y02E 10/726 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to a blade sleeve for a blade tip of a rotor blade of a wind turbine. The blade sleeve includes a rapid-prototyped body having a pressure side, a suction side, a first open span-wise end, a closed leading edge, and a trailing edge. Further, the body is slidable onto the blade tip of the rotor blade. In addition, the blade sleeve includes at least one additional rapid-prototyped feature integral with the body.