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Patent No.:

US 11035339 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 26, 2018

Shear web assembly interconnected with additive manufactured components

Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

David Roberts, Amsterdam, NL;

Nicholas K. Althoff, La Crosse, WI (US);

Michael Wenani Nielsen, Bjert, DK;

James Robert Tobin, Simpsonville, SC (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:

Dority & Manning, P.A.

Primary Examiner:

J Todd Newton

Assistant Examiner:

Andrew J Marien

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 1/06 (2006.01); F03D 1/06 (2006.01); B29C 65/08 (2006.01); B29C 65/82 (2006.01); B29C 65/48 (2006.01); B29C 65/56 (2006.01); B29C 65/14 (2006.01); B29C 65/22 (2006.01); B29C 64/10 (2017.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B29C 65/78 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29D 99/00 (2010.01); B29C 65/02 (2006.01); F01D 5/28 (2006.01); F01D 5/20 (2006.01); C25D 15/00 (2006.01); C25D 7/00 (2006.01); C25D 5/12 (2006.01); B29K 101/12 (2006.01); B29L 31/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 1/0675 (2013.01); B29C 64/10 (2017.08); B29C 65/02 (2013.01); B29C 65/08 (2013.01); B29C 65/1425 (2013.01); B29C 65/22 (2013.01); B29C 65/48 (2013.01); B29C 65/565 (2013.01); B29C 65/7826 (2013.01); B29C 65/82 (2013.01); B29C 66/112 (2013.01); B29C 66/114 (2013.01); B29C 66/1122 (2013.01); B29C 66/12461 (2013.01); B29C 66/43441 (2013.01); B29C 66/54 (2013.01); B29C 66/721 (2013.01); B29C 66/7392 (2013.01); B29C 66/73921 (2013.01); B29D 99/0028 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); C25D 5/12 (2013.01); C25D 7/008 (2013.01); C25D 15/00 (2013.01); F01D 5/20 (2013.01); F01D 5/288 (2013.01); B29K 2101/12 (2013.01); B29L 2031/085 (2013.01); F05B 2220/30 (2013.01); F05B 2230/00 (2013.01); F05B 2230/232 (2013.01); F05B 2230/60 (2013.01); F05B 2240/221 (2013.01); F05B 2250/11 (2013.01); F05B 2280/4007 (2013.01); F05D 2230/30 (2013.01); F05D 2230/90 (2013.01); F05D 2300/177 (2013.01); F05D 2300/6032 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for assembling a shear web assembly of a wind turbine includes providing at least one spar cap. The method also includes forming a spar connecting member of a thermoplastic material via additive manufacturing. Further, the method includes securing the spar connecting member to the spar cap. Moreover, the method includes providing a shear web, forming a web connecting member of a thermoplastic material via additive manufacturing, and securing the web connecting member at a first end of the shear web. In addition, the method includes interconnecting the web connecting member and the spar connecting member at a joint. Thus, the method further includes heating the joint to secure the web connecting member and the spar connecting member together.

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