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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2022
Vestas Wind Systems A/s, Aarhus N., DK;
Stephen Randall, Cowes, GB;
Vestas Wind Systems A/S, Aarhus N., DK;
Abstract
A wind turbine blade includes first and second blade modules. The first module includes a first spar cap, and the second module includes a second spar cap. The first spar cap has a tapered end portion where the thickness decreases towards the end of the first spar cap. The blade further includes a connecting element having a first tapered end portion where the thickness decreases towards a first end of the connecting element. The first spar cap and the connecting element each include (i) an intermediate thickness band; (ii) an inner thickness band; (iii) an outer thickness band. A tapered end of the inner thickness band and/or a tapered end of the outer thickness band of the first spar cap has a lower rate of taper than a tapered end of the intermediate thickness band of the first spar cap.