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Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011

Filed:

Jan. 26, 2007
Applicants:

Jamie T. Livingston, Simpsonville, SC (US);

Howard D. Driver, Greer, SC (US);

Sjef Van Breugel, Enschede, NL;

Thomas B. Jenkins, Cantonment, FL (US);

Jan Willem Bakhuis, Nijverdal, NL;

Andrew J. Billen, Daarlerveen, NL;

Amir Riahi, Pensacola, FL (US);

Inventors:

Jamie T. Livingston, Simpsonville, SC (US);

Howard D. Driver, Greer, SC (US);

Sjef van Breugel, Enschede, NL;

Thomas B. Jenkins, Cantonment, FL (US);

Jan Willem Bakhuis, Nijverdal, NL;

Andrew J. Billen, Daarlerveen, NL;

Amir Riahi, Pensacola, FL (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A spar cap for a wind turbine rotor blade. The spar cap may include multiple preform components. The multiple preform components may be planar sheets having a swept shape with a first end and a second end. The multiple preform components may be joined by mating the first end of a first preform component to the second end of a next preform component, forming the spar cap.


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