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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2021
Filed:
May. 07, 2020
Applicant:
Tpi Composites, Inc., Warren, RI (US);
Inventor:
Nicholas Warchol, Akron, OH (US);
Assignee:
TPI Composites, Inc., Warren, RI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 1/06 (2006.01); F03D 13/10 (2016.01); B29D 99/00 (2010.01); B29K 309/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 13/10 (2016.05); B29D 99/0028 (2013.01); B29K 2309/08 (2013.01); F05B 2230/23 (2013.01); F05B 2230/604 (2013.01); F05B 2240/21 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided herein is a shear web support for wind turbine blade. Particularly, the present disclosure provides a frangible shear web support element that is designed to fail under certain specific conditions. The frangible support(s) enhance the structural rigidity of the shear web, allow for one-step mold closures, and rupture or disconnect once a predetermined condition (e.g. load threshold, load orientation/vector) is applied to the support element.