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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2012
Applicants:
Andreas Herrig, Rheine, DE;
Anurag Gupta, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Andreas Herrig, Rheine, DE;
Anurag Gupta, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 1/0633 (2013.01); Y02E 10/721 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wind turbine blade includes a root portion, a tip and a body extending between the root portion and the tip. The body has a pressure side and a suction side. The body further has at least one winglet. Each winglet has a spanwise extension towards the root portion of the rotor blade and that ends at the tip to form a winglet having a substantially C-shaped or substantially open P-shaped geometry.