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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
May. 22, 2013
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventor:
Edward McBeth Stewart, Greenville, SC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/14 (2006.01); F03D 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 1/0675 (2013.01); F05B 2230/80 (2013.01); F05B 2240/302 (2013.01); Y02E 10/721 (2013.01); Y02P 70/523 (2015.11); Y10T 29/49337 (2015.01);
Abstract
Rotor blade assembly and methods for forming rotor blade assemblies are provided. A rotor blade assembly includes a rotor blade including a shell and defining a pressure side, a suction side, a leading edge and a trailing edge each extending between a tip and a root. The rotor blade further defines a span and a chord. The shell includes an inner skin, an outer skin, and a core disposed between the inner skin and the outer skin. The rotor blade assembly further includes a reinforcement assembly bonded to the shell, the reinforcement assembly comprising a reinforcement core.