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Vortex generator for fastening to a wind turbine rotor blade

US11174834B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Nordex Energy SE & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Mehdi Doosttalab · Norderstedt, DE
Christof Rautmann · Hamburg, DE
Thomas Lipka · Rostock, DE
Philipp Rindt · Rostock, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 13, 2019
Grant date	Nov 16, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 30, 2039

Classification

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

Abstract

A vortex generator defines a longitudinal direction and has two fins, which are each arranged at an angle in relation to the longitudinal direction and extend over a first length in the longitudinal direction, and a base, which connects the two fins to each other, the base having a width and extending over a second length in the longitudinal direction, wherein the second length is less than the first length over the entire width of the base.

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