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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2015
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
James Robert Tobin, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Christopher Daniel Caruso, Greenville, SC (US);
Aaron A. Yarbrough, Greenville, SC (US);
Daniel Alan Hynum, Simpsonville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to a modular rotor blade constructed of thermoset and/or thermoplastic materials for a wind turbine and methods of assembling same. The rotor blade includes a pre-formed main blade structure constructed, at least in part, from a thermoset material. The rotor blade also includes at least one blade segment configured with the main blade structure. The blade segment(s) is constructed, at least in part, of a thermoplastic material reinforced with at least one fiber material.