Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Rotor blade components for a wind turbine and methods of manufacturing same
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Application No.: US14219131Application Date: 2014-03-19
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Publication No.: US09919488B2Publication Date: 2018-03-20
- Inventor: Michael Christopher Booth , Scott Gabell Riddell , James Robert Tobin , William Max Gobeli
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Dority & Manning, P.A.
- Main IPC: B29D99/00
- IPC: B29D99/00 ; F03D1/06 ; B29C51/10 ; B29C44/18 ; B29C51/12 ; B29K25/00 ; B29C51/26 ; B29L31/08 ; B29K75/00

Abstract:
Methods of manufacturing rotor blade components for a wind turbine and rotor blade components produced in accordance with such methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method generally includes heating first and second sheets of thermoplastic material to a forming temperature; placing the first sheet of thermoplastic material within a first half of a thermoforming mold and the second sheet of thermoplastic material in an opposite, second half of the thermoforming mold; forming the first sheet of thermoplastic material to the first half of the thermoforming mold; forming the second sheet of thermoplastic material to the second half of the thermoforming mold; compressing the first and second halves of the thermoforming mold so as to join at least a portion of the first and second sheets together; and, releasing the joined first and second sheets of thermoplastic material from the thermoforming mold so as to form the rotor blade component.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150266249A1 ROTOR BLADE COMPONENTS FOR A WIND TURBINE AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING SAME Public/Granted day:2015-09-24
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