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Joint interface for wind turbine rotor blade components

US10895244B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

General Electric Company · US

Inventors

Andrew Mitchell Rodwell · Greenville, US
Thomas Merzhaeuser · Salzbergen, DE
Scott Jacob Huth · Greenville, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 25, 2018
Grant date	Jan 19, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 16, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E10/72
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A rotor blade component for a wind turbine includes a first structural component, such as a spar cap, formed from a plurality of stacked pultruded members. A second structural component, such as a shear web, is fixed to the first structural component at a joint interface. One or more webs form the joint interface, wherein each of the webs has a first section bonded between at least two of the pultruded members in the first structural component and a second section extending across the joint interface and bonded onto or into the second structural component.

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