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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2012
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Ulrich Werner Neumann, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Charles Van Buchan, Greer, SC (US);
Blake Allen Fulton, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Vishan Rashmi Kulasekera, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Bradley Graham Moore, Greenville, SC (US);
Esat Sadi Yenigun, Greenville, SC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 6/00 (2006.01); F03D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 1/001 (2013.01); F03D 1/003 (2013.01); F05B 2230/61 (2013.01); F05B 2230/70 (2013.01); F05B 2230/80 (2013.01); Y02E 10/728 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49318 (2015.01); Y10T 29/53 (2015.01);
Abstract
A method of replacing a wind turbine blade includes suspending the wind turbine blade from support hub of a wind turbine, connecting one or more cable climbing members between the support hub and the wind turbine blade, and lowering the one or more cable climbing members and the wind turbine blade from the support hub.