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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2006
Applicant:
Rainer Arelt, Niedersachsen, DE;
Inventor:
Rainer Arelt, Niedersachsen, DE;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 38/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The method for making a continuous laminate, in particular suitable as a spar cap or another part of a wind energy turbine rotor blade comprises the steps of providing a plurality of parallel fibers, embedding the fibers in a curable matrix material, curing the matrix material so as to obtain a fiber reinforced laminate having upper and lower major surfaces, and forming channels into at least one of the upper and lower major surfaces of the laminate wherein the channels on the upper and/or lower major surfaces are angled with respect to the direction of the fibers.