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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 23, 2021
Applicant:

Fabricair Canada Inc., Waterloo, CA;

Inventors:

Daniela Roeper, Waterloo, CA;

Dylan James Baxter, Waterloo, CA;

Riley Doering, Waterloo, CA;

Jonathan Parkin, Vancouver, CA;

Carl Saunders, Waterloo, CA;

Rafael Vanegas, Waterloo, CA;

Marcus Laferriere, Markham, CA;

Assignee:

FabricAir Canada Inc., Waterloo, CA;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 80/40 (2016.01); F03D 1/06 (2006.01); F03D 17/00 (2016.01); F03D 80/60 (2016.01); F03D 80/80 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 80/40 (2016.05); F03D 1/0675 (2013.01); F03D 17/00 (2016.05); F03D 80/402 (2023.08); F03D 80/60 (2016.05); F03D 80/82 (2016.05); F05B 2260/20 (2013.01); F05B 2260/80 (2013.01); F05B 2270/304 (2013.01); F05B 2270/323 (2013.01); F05B 2270/325 (2013.01);
Abstract

Wind turbine ice protection systems and methods are provided. An ice protection system for heating a wind turbine blade includes: a heater disposed in an interior of the wind turbine blade, the heater for heating air; a blower disposed in the interior of the wind turbine blade and for moving the air across the heater to generate a heated airflow; a duct disposed in the interior of the wind turbine blade, the duct for receiving the heated airflow and releasing the heated airflow into the interior of the wind turbine blade; and an electrical control subsystem disposed in the wind turbine for controlling one or more components of the ice protection system.


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