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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2012
Eric Morgan Jacobsen, Greenville, SC (US);
Bart Jan Veldkamp, Enschede, NL;
Eric Morgan Jacobsen, Greenville, SC (US);
Bart Jan Veldkamp, Enschede, NL;
General Electric Company, Schenetady, NY (US);
Abstract
A root extender for coupling a rotor blade to a hub of a wind turbine is disclosed. The root extender may generally include a body defining a longitudinal axis between a first end and a second end. The first end may define a first planar surface configured to be positioned adjacent to the hub and the second end may define a second planar surface configured to be positioned adjacent to the rotor blade. The second planar surface may be oriented at a cone angle relative to the first planar surface. In addition, the longitudinal axis may be oriented at a non-perpendicular angle relative to the first planar surface.