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Patent No.:

US 11396154 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 18, 2018

Modular wind turbine blade and associated method of manufacture

Applicant:

Vestas Wind Systems A/s, Aarhus N., DK;

Inventors:

Leon Barton, Newport, GB;

Robert Hunter, Cowes, GB;

Christopher Owens, Wales, GB;

Assignee:

Vestas Wind Systems A/S, Aarhus N, DK;

Attorney:

Wood Herron & Evans LLP

Primary Examiner:

Carson Gross

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D 99/00 (2010.01); B29C 65/48 (2006.01); B29C 65/54 (2006.01); B29C 65/78 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29C 70/84 (2006.01); B29L 31/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D 99/0028 (2013.01); B29C 65/4835 (2013.01); B29C 65/542 (2013.01); B29C 65/7826 (2013.01); B29C 66/02242 (2013.01); B29C 66/54 (2013.01); B29C 66/721 (2013.01); B29C 70/84 (2013.01); B29C 66/1162 (2013.01); B29L 2031/085 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of making a modular wind turbine blade is described. The modular blade comprises first and second blade modules connected together by a scarf joint between tapered spar caps of the respective blade modules. According to the method, first and second blade modules are laid up in the same mould assembly. A separating layer is arranged between the layups of the first and second module in a joint region of the mould. The separating layer has a thickness corresponding to a required bond thickness in the scarf joint when the modules are bonded together.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Barton, Leon. (2022). Modular wind turbine blade and associated method of manufacture (U.S. Patent No. 11396154). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11396154

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