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Insert and blank for a wind turbine blade root

US11713744B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Vestas Wind Systems A/S · DK

Inventors

Jonathan Smith · Warsaw, US
James E. Smith · Bruceton Mills, US
Robert Ernst · Holme, DK
Mark Folsom · Roseville, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 30, 2022
Grant date	Aug 1, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 30, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02P70/50
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A composite material blank comprising an elongate blank body extending between a first end face and a second end face; said blank body extending in a longitudinal direction, parallel to a longitudinal axis thereof, and having four peripheral sides; each said first and second end face having edges which define a trapezoid shape; wherein the peripheral sides of said blank body connect the edges of said first end face with the edges of said second end face; and wherein said first trapezoid end face is inverted in relation to said second trapezoid end face. A method of manufacturing a composite blank, and a wind turbine blade root insert which may be formed from a blank.

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