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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2017
Applicant:
Vestas Wind Systems A/s, Aarhus N., DK;
Inventors:
Jakob Hjorth Jensen, Spjald, DK;
Lasse Lykkegaard, Herning, DK;
Assignee:
Vestas Wind Systems A/S, Aarhus N., DK;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 1/06 (2006.01); F03D 80/30 (2016.01); H02G 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 80/30 (2016.05); F03D 1/0633 (2013.01); F03D 1/0675 (2013.01); F05B 2280/105 (2013.01); F05B 2280/1072 (2013.01); H02G 13/80 (2013.01); Y02E 10/72 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wind turbine blade comprising a main blade portion having a root end and a tip end, wherein a leading edge and a trailing edge extend between the root end and the tip end, and a conductive blade tip module that abuts the tip end of the main blade portion; wherein the conductive blade tip module comprises an elongate body defining a longitudinal axis transverse to a spanwise axis of the blade, and wherein the conductive blade tip module has a length in a direction along said longitudinal axis that is greater than a chord length of the blade tip interface.