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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2018
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Gaylon Mitchell Pfeiffer, Boston, MA (US);
Ulrich Werner Neumann, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Brent Hamilton Holloway, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Michael Royce Johnson, Campton, NH (US);
Kevin Thomas Costain, Baltic, SD (US);
Forrest Christopher Hach, Lake Benton, MN (US);
Howard Lee Hansen, Jr., Lorena, TX (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A system for enabling servicing of a rotor of a wind turbine has a rotor blade sling with at least one strap configured to be placed over the top of a rotor blade in a ten o'clock position or a two o'clock position. One or more rigid bars extend from the hub and out away from the hub, and the one or more rigid bars are coupled to the at least one strap. One or more support straps are coupled to the at least one strap, and the one or more support straps are configured to couple and support a rotor blade in a six o'clock position.