Invention Application
- Patent Title: PRE-CURED ROTOR BLADE COMPONENTS HAVING AREAS OF VARIABLE STIFFNESS
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Application No.: US15251048Application Date: 2016-08-30
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Publication No.: US20180058422A1Publication Date: 2018-03-01
- Inventor: Aaron A. Yarbrough , Christopher Daniel Caruso
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Main IPC: F03D1/06
- IPC: F03D1/06 ; B29C70/44 ; B29C70/50 ; B32B5/02

Abstract:
The present disclosure is directed to a rotor blade component for a wind turbine. The rotor blade component includes a plurality of pre-cured members arranged in one or more layers. Each of the pre-cured members is constructed of a plurality of fiber materials cured together via a resin material having a first stiffness and at least additional material having a second stiffness. Further, the second stiffness is lower than the first stiffness. As such, the additional low-stiffness material is cured within the resin material so as to increase flexibility of the pre-cured members.
Public/Granted literature
- US10422316B2 Pre-cured rotor blade components having areas of variable stiffness Public/Granted day:2019-09-24
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