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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2015
Applicant:
Vestas Wind Systems A/s, Aarhus N., DK;
Inventors:
Chris Cieslak, London, GB;
Luke Spandley, Ventnor, GB;
Assignee:
Vestas Wind Systems A/S, Aarhus N, DK;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 1/06 (2006.01); B32B 5/26 (2006.01); B32B 5/12 (2006.01); B32B 5/02 (2006.01); F03D 13/00 (2016.01); B29C 70/42 (2006.01); B29K 105/08 (2006.01); B29L 31/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 1/0675 (2013.01); B29C 70/42 (2013.01); B32B 5/024 (2013.01); B32B 5/12 (2013.01); B32B 5/26 (2013.01); F03D 13/00 (2016.05); B29K 2105/08 (2013.01); B29L 2031/085 (2013.01); B32B 2250/20 (2013.01); B32B 2250/42 (2013.01); B32B 2262/0269 (2013.01); B32B 2262/101 (2013.01); B32B 2262/106 (2013.01); B32B 2307/50 (2013.01); B32B 2307/718 (2013.01); B32B 2307/738 (2013.01); B32B 2603/00 (2013.01); F05B 2280/6001 (2013.01); Y02E 10/72 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wind turbine blade including an elongate reinforcing structure, the reinforcing structure comprising a plurality of strips of fibre-reinforced polymer arranged into a stack structure, and at least one adjacent pair of the plurality of strips including an infusion promoting layer, wherein the infusion promoting layer is a fabric comprising a plurality of twisted yarns. The invention is also expressed as a method of assembling a wind turbine blade.