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公开(公告)号：US10830205B2
公开(公告)日：2020-11-10
申请号：US14835967
申请日：2015-08-26
Applicant: General Electric Company
IPC: F03D1/06
Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a modular rotor blade constructed of thermoset and/or thermoplastic materials for a wind turbine and methods of assembling same. The rotor blade includes a pre-formed main blade structure constructed, at least in part, from a thermoset material. The rotor blade also includes at least one blade segment configured with the main blade structure. The blade segment(s) is constructed, at least in part, of a thermoplastic material reinforced with at least one fiber material.
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公开(公告)号：US10760544B2
公开(公告)日：2020-09-01
申请号：US15186579
申请日：2016-06-20
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Aaron A. Yarbrough , Christopher Daniel Caruso , Donald Joseph Kasperski , Daniel Alan Hynum
Abstract: A jointed rotor blade assembly may include a first blade segment having a first outer shell terminating at a first joint end and a second blade segment coupled to the first blade segment at a blade joint. The second blade segment may include a second outer shell terminating at a second joint end. The outer shells may overlap one another at the blade joint such that an overlapping region is defined between the first and second joint ends. In addition, the first outer shell may be spaced apart from the second outer shell along at least a portion of the overlapping region such that a gap is defined between the outer shells within the overlapping region. Moreover, the rotor blade assembly may include a sealing member positioned between the outer shells within the overlapping region that is configured to allow relative movement between the outer shells at the blade joint.
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公开(公告)号：US10584678B2
公开(公告)日：2020-03-10
申请号：US14841870
申请日：2015-09-01
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Christopher Daniel Caruso , Aaron A. Yarbrough
Abstract: The present subject matter is directed to a rotor blade assembly for a wind turbine having an improved shear web configuration. The rotor blade assembly includes an upper shell member having a spar cap configured on an internal surface thereof and a lower shell member having a spar cap configured on an internal surface thereof. The shear web extends between the spar caps along a longitudinal length of the blade. Further, the shear web includes at least one pultruded component defining a hollow cross-section.
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24.发明授权公开(公告)号：US10253752B2
公开(公告)日：2019-04-09
申请号：US14835845
申请日：2015-08-26
Applicant: General Electric Company
IPC: F03D1/06 , B29C65/00 , B29K101/12 , B29K105/08 , B29L31/08
Abstract: A rotor blade for a wind turbine may generally include a first blade component formed from a first fiber-reinforced composite including a first thermoplastic resin material and a second blade component configured to be coupled to the first blade component at a joint interface. The second blade component may be formed from a second fiber-reinforced composite including a second thermoplastic resin material, wherein the second thermoplastic resin material differs from the first thermoplastic resin material. The rotor blade may also include an additional layer(s) of thermoplastic resin material positioned on or integrated into the second fiber-reinforced composite at the joint interface that differs from the second thermoplastic resin material. Moreover, the first thermoplastic resin material of the first fiber-reinforced composite may be welded to the additional layer(s) of the thermoplastic resin material to form a welded joint at the joint interface between the first and second blade components.
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公开(公告)号：US20190040842A1
公开(公告)日：2019-02-07
申请号：US15670102
申请日：2017-08-07
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Aaron A. Yarbrough , Christopher Daniel Caruso , Scott Jacob Huth , Andrew Mitchell Rodwell
IPC: F03D1/06
CPC classification number: F03D1/0675 , F05B2240/302
Abstract: A joint assembly for joining rotor blade segments of a wind turbine rotor blade includes a female structural member secured within a first rotor blade segment. The female structural member includes first bore holes on opposing sides thereof that are aligned in a chord-wise direction. Further, the joint assembly includes a male structural member extending longitudinally from an end face of a second rotor blade segment. As such, the male structural member is received within the female structural member of the first rotor blade segment such that the first and second rotor blade segments are aligned and connected. The male structural member includes second bore holes on opposing sides thereof. Further, the second bore holes are aligned with the first bore holes. Moreover, the joint assembly includes at least one chord-wise extending pin extending through the first and second bore holes so as to join the first and second rotor blade segments. In addition, the male structural member has a height that increases from a blade root of the rotor blade towards the at least one chord-wise extending pin.
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公开(公告)号：US10197041B2
公开(公告)日：2019-02-05
申请号：US14852886
申请日：2015-09-14
Applicant: General Electric Company
IPC: F03D1/06
Abstract: Methods for joining surface features to wind turbine rotor blades are provided. A method includes providing the surface feature after forming of the rotor blade. The surface feature includes a thermoplastic resin. The formed rotor blade includes a plurality of blade components joined together to form an exterior surface defining a pressure side, a suction side, a leading edge, and a trailing edge each extending between a tip and a root. The formed rotor blade further includes a thermoplastic resin. The method further includes positioning the surface feature adjacent the exterior surface, and welding the thermoplastic resin of the surface feature and the thermoplastic resin of the formed rotor blade together.
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公开(公告)号：US10151297B2
公开(公告)日：2018-12-11
申请号：US14852932
申请日：2015-09-14
Applicant: General Electric Company
IPC: F03D1/06
Abstract: Rotor blades and methods for joining shear clips in wind turbine rotor blades are provided. A method includes positioning the shear clip adjacent a shear web of the rotor blade, the shear clip including a thermoplastic resin, the shear web including a thermoplastic resin. The method further includes welding the thermoplastic resin of the shear clip and the thermoplastic resin of the shear web together. The method further includes positioning the shear clip adjacent a spar cap of the rotor blade, the spar cap including a thermoplastic resin. The method further includes welding the thermoplastic resin of the shear clip and the thermoplastic resin of the spar cap together. The method further includes joining the shear web and the spar cap together.
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公开(公告)号：US10077758B2
公开(公告)日：2018-09-18
申请号：US14754768
申请日：2015-06-30
Applicant: General Electric Company
IPC: F03D1/06
CPC classification number: F03D1/0675 , F05B2280/6003 , Y02E10/721
Abstract: A pre-cured laminate plate for use within a component of a wind turbine rotor blade may generally include a plate body extending in a thickness direction between a first side and a second side and in a widthwise direction between a first end and a second end. The plate body may define a plate thickness between the first and second sides. The pre-cured laminate plate may also include a plurality of channels formed in the plate body between the first and second ends. Each channel may extend in the thickness direction between a top end that is open along the first side of the plate body and a bottom end that terminates at a location between the first and second sides of the plate body such that the plate body defines a reduced thickness between the bottom end of each channel and the second side of the plate body.
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公开(公告)号：US20180238301A1
公开(公告)日：2018-08-23
申请号：US15437027
申请日：2017-02-20
Applicant: General Electric Company
Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a shear web for a rotor blade of a wind turbine and a method of manufacturing and assembling same. The rotor blade generally includes an upper shell member having an upper spar cap configured on an internal surface thereof and a lower shell member having a lower spar cap configured on an internal surface thereof. Further, the shear web extends between the spar caps along a longitudinal length of the blade. In addition, the shear web includes first and second outer pultruded layers at least partially encompassing a core material, wherein end portions of the first and second outer pultruded layers form compressed flanges at opposing ends of the shear web.
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公开(公告)号：US20180223796A1
公开(公告)日：2018-08-09
申请号：US15426324
申请日：2017-02-07
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Aaron A. Yarbrough , Christopher Daniel Caruso
IPC: F03D1/06
Abstract: A rotor blade assembly for a wind turbine may include a first blade segment having a first joint end and a second blade segment having a second joint end, with the blade segments being coupled together such that the first and second joint ends are located at or adjacent to a joint interface between the blade segments. The blade assembly may also include a pre-loaded beam extending outwardly from the second blade segment across the joint interface such that the pre-loaded beam is received within the first blade segment. The pre-loaded beam may be compressed between the opposed internal structural components of the first blade segment such that a first engagement interface is defined between a first side of the pre-loaded beam and the first internal structural component and a second engagement interface is defined between an opposed second side of the pre-loaded beam and the second internal structural component.
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