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Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2024

Filed:

Jul. 26, 2021
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Nathan A. Brilliant, Arvada, CO (US);

Lasse Lykkegaard, Herning, DK;

Angela Thwaites, Cowes, GB;

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 80/30 (2016.01); F03D 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 80/30 (2016.05); F03D 1/0675 (2013.01); F03D 1/0684 (2023.08);
Abstract

A wind turbine blade comprising a lightning protection system, which is at least partly disposed in an inboard portion of the blade. The lightning protection system comprises a down conductor cable portion and a supporting component to hold the cable portion in free space in a position near or on a camber line of the blade aerofoil section, so that the cable portion is spaced apart from at least one electrically conductive structural component. The lightning protection system may comprise a plurality of inboard down conductor cables and a diverging electrical junction; and/or a down conductor cable having root and tip portions having insulation with different electrical breakdown voltages.


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