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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2018
Applicant:
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 80/30 (2016.01); F03D 1/06 (2006.01); H02G 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 80/30 (2016.05); F03D 1/0675 (2013.01); H02G 13/80 (2013.01);
Abstract
A lightning-resistance performance of a wind turbine blade is improved with a simple configuration or method. Provided is a wind turbine blade protection structure for protecting a wind turbine blade from lightning, including a protection layer including a conductive metal foil arranged so as to cover at least a part of a surface of the wind turbine blade. The protection layer includes an elongated portion extending in a blade longitudinal direction along a trailing edge of the wind turbine blade from a blade root of the wind turbine blade to a blade tip portion.