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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2021
Applicant:
Blade Dynamics Limited, Eastleigh, GB;
Inventor:
Manish Mukherjee, Eastleigh, GB;
Assignee:
BLADE DYNAMICS LIMITED, Eastleigh, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 1/0688 (2023.08); F05B 2230/23 (2013.01); F05B 2240/303 (2020.08); F05B 2240/304 (2020.08); F05B 2280/2004 (2013.01); F05B 2280/4003 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wind turbine rotor blade () is provided with a lightning protection device () and a leading edge member (), the leading edge member () comprising an erosion shield (), deicing means, and an electrically conductive outer surface () which is operatively connected to the lightning protection device (). The invention also relates to the use of the leading edge member () for providing leading edge erosion protection, ice mitigation and lightning protection of a wind turbine rotor blade.