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Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015

Filed:

Oct. 31, 2012
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Sriram Krishnamurthy, Bangalore, IN;

Wendy Wen-Ling Lin, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Suresh Subramanian, Bangalore, IN;

Subbareddy Daggumati, Bangalore, IN;

Udit Kulmi, Bangalore, IN;

Prakash Kashiram Jadhav, Bangalore, IN;

Vasan Churchill Srinivasan Chandrasekaran, Bangalore, IN;

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 11/00 (2006.01); F03D 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 1/0675 (2013.01); F05B 2280/4003 (2013.01); F05B 2280/5001 (2013.01); F05B 2280/6002 (2013.01); F05B 2280/6013 (2013.01); Y02E 10/721 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49336 (2015.01);
Abstract

A wind blade with a self-supporting structural framework, having multiple chord-wise members and one or more span-wise members is provided. Each of the multiple chord-wise members and the one or more span-wise members have an aerodynamic contour. The wind blade also comprises a fabric skin located over the self-supporting structural framework in a tensioned state to generate an aerodynamic surface, wherein the fabric skin is attached via multiple tensioning members to both the chord wise members and span wise members.


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