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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
May. 07, 2009
Applicant:
Mark Hancock, Southampton, GB;
Inventor:
Mark Hancock, Southampton, GB;
Assignee:
Vestas Wind Systems A/S, Aarhus N., DK;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 1/0683 (2013.01); F03D 1/0675 (2013.01); F05B 2230/50 (2013.01); F05B 2240/302 (2013.01); F05B 2250/292 (2013.01); F05B 2260/301 (2013.01); Y02E 10/721 (2013.01); Y02P 70/523 (2015.11); Y10T 29/49336 (2015.01);
Abstract
The invention provides a sectional blade for a wind turbine. The blade comprises at least a first blade portion and a second blade portion extending in opposite directions from a joint. Further each blade portion comprises a spar section forming a structural member of the blade and running lengthways. The first blade portion and the second blade portion are structurally connected by at least one spar bridge extending into both blade portions to facilitate joining of said blade portions and the spar bridge joins the spar sections.