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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2010
Robert Karl Huck, Greenville, SC (US);
Kevin Wayne Kinzie, Spartanburg, SC (US);
James Paul Davidson, Greenville, SC (US);
Roger Drobietz, Rheine, DE;
Robert Karl Huck, Greenville, SC (US);
Kevin Wayne Kinzie, Spartanburg, SC (US);
James Paul Davidson, Greenville, SC (US);
Roger Drobietz, Rheine, DE;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A rotor blade assembly for a wind turbine is disclosed. The rotor blade assembly includes a rotor blade having surfaces defining a pressure side, a suction side, a leading edge, and a trailing edge extending between a tip and a root. The rotor blade assembly further includes a noise reducer configured on a surface of the rotor blade. The noise reducer includes a plurality of noise reduction features and a plurality of auxiliary noise reduction features. Each of the plurality of auxiliary noise reduction features is configured on one of the plurality of noise reduction features.