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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2012
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventor:
Eric Morgan Jacobsen, Greenville, SC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 11/00 (2006.01); F03D 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 1/0658 (2013.01); F03D 1/0675 (2013.01); F03D 1/0691 (2013.01); Y02E 10/721 (2013.01);
Abstract
A rotor blade for a wind turbine is disclosed. The rotor blade may include a body extending lengthwise between a blade root and a blade tip. The body may include a pressure side and a suction side extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge. In addition, the rotor blade may include a plurality of bolts extending from the blade root. A bolt parameter of the bolts may be varied for at least two of the bolts based on the loads transmitted through the blade root.