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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2021

Filed:

May. 24, 2017
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Danilo Veljkovic, Ypsilanti, MI (US);

Brian Scott Redmon, Baker, FL (US);

Roland Joseph Menassa, Macomb, MI (US);

Thomas Merzhaeuser, Munich, DE;

Daniel Alan Hynum, Greenville, SC (US);

Alan M. Walker, Simpsonville, SC (US);

Shridhar Champaknath Nath, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 1/06 (2006.01); F03D 13/10 (2016.01); B29C 65/78 (2006.01); B29D 99/00 (2010.01); B29L 31/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 1/0675 (2013.01); B29C 65/7805 (2013.01); B29D 99/0028 (2013.01); B29L 2031/085 (2013.01); F05B 2230/604 (2013.01); F05B 2230/61 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure is directed to a method of assembly of a rotor blade for a wind turbine. The method includes placing a first rotor blade section onto a first set location of an assembly fixture, wherein the first rotor blade includes a first locating datum such that the assembly fixture at the first set location constrains movement of the first rotor blade section at the first locating datum along a first direction; placing the first rotor blade section onto a second set location of the assembly fixture, wherein the first rotor blade includes a second locating datum such that the assembly fixture at the second set location constrains movement of the first rotor blade section at the second locating datum along a second direction; and positioning a second rotor blade section onto the first rotor blade section within the assembly fixture.


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