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Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025

Filed:

Jun. 30, 2020
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Aaron Alpheus Yarbrough, Greenville, SC (US);

Christopher Daniel Caruso, Greenville, SC (US);

Andrew Mitchell Rodwell, Greenville, SC (US);

Donald Joseph Kasperski, Simpsonville, SC (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 1/06 (2006.01); F03D 13/10 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 1/0675 (2013.01); F03D 13/10 (2016.05); F05B 2230/60 (2013.01); F05B 2240/302 (2013.01); F05B 2260/301 (2013.01);
Abstract

A segmented rotor blade for a wind turbine. The segmented rotor blade including at least a first blade segment and a second blade segment extending in opposite directions from a joint. Each of the first and second blade segments including at least one shell member defining an airfoil surface. A joint assembly coupling the first blade segment to the second blade segment via a dovetail connection at the joint. The joint assembly including at least one receiving section defining a receiving cavity, a joining structure received within the at least one receiving section to establish a dovetail connection, and a securement assembly securing the joining structure within the at least one receiving section so as to secure the dovetail connection.


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