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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
May. 20, 2022
Applicant:
Vestas Wind Systems A/s, Aarhus N, DK;
Inventors:
Stephen Randall, Cowes, GB;
Jeremy Haight, Arvada, CO (US);
Assignee:
VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S, Aarhus N, DK;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 1/06 (2006.01); B29D 99/00 (2010.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B29K 105/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 1/0677 (2023.08); B29D 99/0028 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); B29K 2105/08 (2013.01); F05B 2230/23 (2013.01); F05B 2240/302 (2013.01); F05B 2280/6003 (2013.01);
Abstract
A shear web for a wind turbine blade includes a lower flange, an upper flange and a web structure extending between the lower and upper flanges, wherein at least one of the lower flange, upper flange, and the web structure includes an open lattice structure having a plurality of elongate fibrous composite spindles intersecting each other at multiple nodes of the structure. A method of making the shear web using a continuous fiber-reinforced additive manufacturing method is also disclosed.