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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2019
Applicant:
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Koji Fukami, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 1/0633 (2013.01); F05B 2240/221 (2013.01); F05B 2240/30 (2013.01); F05B 2250/141 (2013.01); F05B 2250/711 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vortex generator for a wind turbine blade to be mounted to a wind turbine blade includes: a platform portion to be mounted to a surface of the wind turbine blade; and at least one fin disposed upright on the platform portion. The platform portion has a cross section having a curved convex shape, at least along a blade spanwise direction of the wind turbine blade.