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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2015
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Ulrich Werner Neumann, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Kevin Thomas Costain, Baltic, SD (US);
Forrest Christopher Hach, Lake Benton, MN (US);
Michael Royce Johnson, Campton, NH (US);
Gaylon Mitchell Pfeiffer, Boston, MA (US);
Rodney Robert Redd, II, Roaring Gap, NC (US);
Stephanie Lohberg Willman, Greer, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of replacing a wind turbine blade includes connecting a plurality of first hoisting devices between a wind turbine support hub and the wind turbine blade, suspending the wind turbine blade from the wind turbine support hub through the plurality of first hoisting devices, connecting a plurality of second hoisting devices between the wind turbine support hub and the wind turbine blade, supporting the wind turbine support blade with the plurality of second hoisting devices, disconnecting the plurality of first hoisting devices from the wind turbine blade, and lowering the wind turbine blade to the ground.