Reinforcing structures for wind turbine blades
US11644006B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 29, 2015 |
| Grant date | May 9, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 24, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E10/72
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A wind turbine blade including an elongate reinforcing structure, the reinforcing structure comprising a plurality of strips of fibre-reinforced polymer arranged into a stack structure, and at least one adjacent pair of the plurality of strips including an infusion promoting layer, wherein the infusion promoting layer is a fabric comprising a plurality of twisted yarns. The invention is also expressed as a method of assembling a wind turbine blade.
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