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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2010
Applicants:
Mark Hancock, Southampton, GB;
Wuh Ken Loh, Singapore, SG;
Yun Chong Gabriel Chang, Singapore, SG;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Vestas Wind Systems A/S, Aarhus N., DK;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 11/00 (2006.01); F03D 1/06 (2006.01); F03D 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 1/0683 (2013.01); F03D 1/0675 (2013.01); F03D 7/0232 (2013.01); F05B 2240/31 (2013.01); Y02B 10/30 (2013.01); Y02E 10/721 (2013.01); Y02E 10/723 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to a wind turbine blade with at least one control surface and an actuator inside the main body of the wind turbine blade for moving the control surface, wherein the actuator comprises a fluidic muscle, a controller and a pump, and wherein the fluidic muscle is adapted to change in length and width when the pressure of the fluid within the fluidic muscle is varied.