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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2024
Filed:
May. 06, 2021
Applicant:
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Takeshi Fujita, Tokyo, JP;
Keisuke Ota, Tokyo, JP;
Kentaro Shindo, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Takeuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiyuki Hirano, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Yuge, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 1/06 (2006.01); F03D 80/30 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 1/0675 (2013.01); F03D 80/30 (2016.05); F05B 2240/221 (2013.01); F05B 2240/301 (2013.01); F05B 2240/303 (2020.08); F05B 2280/6003 (2013.01);
Abstract
A windmill blade includes a blade main body and a leading edge protector. The leading edge protector includes a conductive plate covering a leading edge, and a conductive mesh member connected to the conductive plate along a blade chord direction of the windmill blade. The conductive mesh member is provided with a plurality of holes. A skin or an adhesive at least partially enters the plurality of holes, so that the leading edge protector is fixed to the skin.