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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017

Filed:

Apr. 30, 2014
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Lionel Anup Noronha, Bangalore, IN;

Sujan Kumar Pal, Bangalore, IN;

Ramananda Prabhu, Bangalore, IN;

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 1/06 (2006.01); B23P 15/04 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 1/0675 (2013.01); B23P 15/04 (2013.01); B29C 66/1122 (2013.01); B29C 66/1142 (2013.01); F03D 1/0683 (2013.01); Y02E 10/721 (2013.01); Y02P 70/523 (2015.11); Y10T 29/49339 (2015.01);
Abstract

A wind turbine rotor blade joint assembly and method of manufacturing same is disclosed. The rotor blade includes an upper shell member having a spar cap configured on an internal face thereof and a lower shell member having a spar cap configured on an internal face thereof. A shear web extends between the spar caps along a longitudinal length of the blade. The shear web includes first and second longitudinally aligned components that extend from and are integral with respective spar caps. A joint assembly is configured between facing transverse ends of the first and second components of the shear web. The joint assembly includes a connecting structure configured to receive the transverse ends of the first and second components. The connecting structure is infused and integral with the first component of the shear web and bonded with the second component of the shear web.


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