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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2014
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Stefan Herr, Greenville, SC (US);
James Robert Tobin, Simpsonville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
The present subject matter directed to a rotor blade assembly for a wind turbine having at least one rotatable aerodynamic surface feature configured thereon. The rotor blade assembly includes a body shell including a pressure side surface and a suction side surface extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge. The aerodynamic surface feature is disposed adjacent to the pressure side surface, the suction side surface, and/or both. In addition, the surface feature may have a generally airfoil-shaped cross section. As such, an actuator can be configured at least partially within an internal volume of the surface feature, the actuator being configured to rotate the surface feature relative to the body shell.