The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2018
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Merzhaeuser, Munich, DE;
Dominic Alexander Von Terzi, Forstern, DE;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 1/06 (2006.01); F03D 80/50 (2016.01); F03D 80/30 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 80/50 (2016.05); F03D 1/0675 (2013.01); F03D 1/0683 (2013.01); F03D 80/30 (2016.05); F05B 2230/80 (2013.01); F05B 2240/302 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for manufacturing a wind turbine blade that is pre-staged for subsequent retrofitting with a replacement blade tip segment includes providing the wind turbine blade with a continuous spar structure from a root end to a tip end of the wind turbine blade. At a pre-defined span-wise location, one of a span-wise extending beam structure or span-wise extending receiver section is configured with the spar structure.