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公开(公告)号：US20160377048A1
公开(公告)日：2016-12-29
申请号：US14753142
申请日：2015-06-29
Applicant: General Electric Company
CPC classification number: F03D13/10 , B23P15/04 , B29C65/78 , F03D1/0675 , F05B2230/50 , F05B2230/60 , F05B2240/302 , F05B2280/4007 , Y02E10/721 , Y02P70/523
Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method for assembling a modular rotor blade of a wind turbine. The method includes providing a pre-formed blade root section and a pre-formed blade tip section of the rotor blade. Further, the blade root section includes one or more spar caps extending in a generally span-wise direction. Another step includes providing at least one pre-formed blade segment of the rotor blade. The method also includes mounting the at least one blade segment around the one or more spar caps of the blade root section, wherein the at least one blade segment includes a chord-wise cross-section having multiple joints, wherein at least one joint is located on at least one of a pressure side surface or a suction side surface. In addition, the method also includes joining the blade tip section to at least one of the one or more spar caps or the at least one blade segment.
Abstract translation: 本公开涉及一种用于组装风力涡轮机的模块化转子叶片的方法。 该方法包括提供转子叶片的预先形成的叶片根部部分和预成形的叶片尖端部分。 此外，叶片根部部分包括沿大致跨度方向延伸的一个或多个翼梁帽。 另一步骤包括提供转子叶片的至少一个预先形成的叶片段。 该方法还包括将至少一个叶片段安装在叶片根部的一个或多个翼梁帽周围，其中至少一个叶片段包括具有多个关节的弦向横截面，其中至少一个关节位于 在压力侧表面或吸力侧表面中的至少一个上。 此外，该方法还包括将叶片尖端部分连接到一个或多个翼梁帽或至少一个叶片段中的至少一个。
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42.发明申请公开(公告)号：US20150266249A1
公开(公告)日：2015-09-24
申请号：US14219131
申请日：2014-03-19
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Michael Christopher Booth , Scott Gabell Riddell , James Robert Tobin , William Max Gobeli
CPC classification number: B29D99/0025 , B29C44/18 , B29C51/105 , B29C51/12 , B29C51/267 , B29C65/00 , B29D99/0028 , B29K2025/06 , B29K2025/08 , B29K2075/00 , B29K2995/0063 , B29L2031/085 , F03D1/0675 , F03D1/0683 , F05B2240/122 , Y02E10/721 , Y02P70/523
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.
Abstract translation: 公开了根据这种方法制造的用于风力涡轮机和转子叶片部件的转子叶片部件的制造方法。 在一个实施例中，该方法通常包括将第一和第二片热塑性材料加热至成形温度; 将第一片热塑性材料放置在热成型模具的第一半部分内，将第二热塑性材料片放置在热成型模具的相对的第二半部分中; 将第一片热塑性材料制成到热成型模具的前半部分; 将第二片热塑性材料形成到热成型模具的后半部分; 压缩热成型模具的第一和第二半部，以将第一和第二片材的至少一部分连接在一起; 以及从所述热成型模具释放所述接合的第一和第二片热塑性材料，以便形成所述转子叶片部件。
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公开(公告)号：US20150167633A1
公开(公告)日：2015-06-18
申请号：US14318964
申请日：2014-06-30
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： James Robert Tobin , Thomas Joseph Fischetti , William Max Gobeli
CPC classification number: F03D1/0675 , B29C44/1285 , B29C44/14 , B29K2075/00 , B29K2105/04 , B29K2675/00 , B29L2031/085 , F05B2240/301 , F05B2260/96 , F05B2280/4003 , F05B2280/6012 , Y02E10/721 , Y02P70/523
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 providing a mold of the rotor blade component; coating at least a portion of an interior surface of the mold with an elastomeric material; inserting impletion material within the mold so as to at least partially reduce an open internal volume within the mold; inserting a foam material within the mold; and, removing the rotor blade component from the mold, wherein the elastomeric material forms a cover skin around at least a portion of the rotor blade component. In an alternative embodiment, the method includes providing at least one support member defining a profile for the rotor blade component on a mold surface; coating at least a portion of the support member with an elastomeric material; and, allowing the elastomeric material to cure on the mold surface so as to form the rotor blade component.
Abstract translation: 公开了根据这种方法制造的用于风力涡轮机和转子叶片部件的转子叶片部件的制造方法。 在一个实施例中，该方法通常包括提供转子叶片部件的模具; 用弹性体材料涂覆模具的内表面的至少一部分; 将完成材料插入模具内以便至少部分地减少模具内的开放内部体积; 将泡沫材料插入模具内; 以及从所述模具中移除所述转子叶片部件，其中所述弹性体材料围绕所述转子叶片部件的至少一部分形成覆盖皮肤。 在替代实施例中，该方法包括提供至少一个支撑构件，其限定模具表面上的转子叶片部件的轮廓; 用弹性体材料涂覆至少一部分支撑构件; 并且允许弹性体材料在模具表面上固化以形成转子叶片部件。
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44.发明公开公开(公告)号：US20240157644A1
公开(公告)日：2024-05-16
申请号：US17988234
申请日：2022-11-16
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： James Robert Tobin , Xiaopeng Li , Ryan Eric Vogel
IPC: B29C64/321 , B29C64/165 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y30/00 , B33Y40/00
CPC classification number: B29C64/321 , B29C64/165 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y30/00 , B33Y40/00 , B29L2031/766
Abstract: A method of manufacturing a tower structure includes printing and depositing, via a printhead assembly of an additive printing system, one or more printed layers of a wall of the tower structure. The method also includes unwinding at least one continuous roll of a reinforcement material to form at least one continuous reinforcement ring member layer, the reinforcement material comprising a pultruded polymer material. Further, the method includes placing the at least one continuous reinforcement ring member layer atop the one or more printed layers of the wall of the tower structure. Moreover, the method includes printing and depositing, via the printhead assembly of the additive printing system, one or more additional printed layers of the wall of the tower structure atop the at least one continuous reinforcement ring member layer.
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公开(公告)号：US11970875B2
公开(公告)日：2024-04-30
申请号：US17280242
申请日：2019-09-24
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Norman Arnold Turnquist , James Robert Tobin , Krishna Ramadurai , Krishna Prashanth Anandan
CPC classification number: E04H12/341 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y30/00 , E04G21/0427 , E04H12/12 , F03D13/20 , F05B2230/21 , F05B2240/912
Abstract: A system for manufacturing a tower structure of a wind turbine includes an additive printing device having a central frame structure with a platform and an arm member. The arm member is generally parallel to a longitudinal axis of the tower structure. The additive printing device also includes a plurality of robotic arms secured to the arm member of the central frame structure. Each of the robotic arms includes a printer head for additively printing one or more materials. The additive printing device further includes at least one nozzle configured for dispensing a cementitious material. Moreover, the system includes one or more molds additively printed via the additive printing device of a polymer material. As such, the mold(s) define inner and outer wall limits of the tower structure. After the mold(s) are printed and solidified, at least one of the printer heads or the nozzle of the additive printing device is configured to dispense the cementitious material between the inner and outer wall limits of the tower structure.
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公开(公告)号：US11970868B2
公开(公告)日：2024-04-30
申请号：US17278814
申请日：2018-09-28
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Gregory Edward Cooper , Norman Arnold Turnquist , Vitali Victor Lissianski , Biao Fang , James Robert Tobin , Pascal Meyer
CPC classification number: E04G21/0427 , B33Y30/00 , F03D13/20 , B33Y80/00 , F05B2230/31 , F05B2230/50 , F05B2230/90
Abstract: An additive printing device and a method for using the same to manufacture a tower structure of a wind turbine is provided. The additive printing device includes a vertical support structure, a support ring suspended from the vertical support structure, and a printer head movably coupled to the support ring for selectively depositing cementitious material. A drive mechanism, such as a rack and pinion, moves the printer head around the support ring while selectively depositing cementitious material. The vertical support structure may be raised and/or the relative position between the vertical support structure and the printer head may be adjusted to raise the printer head to print subsequent layers. This process may be repeated to print the tower structure layer-by-layer from the ground up.
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47.发明授权公开(公告)号：US11867146B2
公开(公告)日：2024-01-09
申请号：US17768634
申请日：2019-10-15
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Ryan Eric Vogel , James Robert Tobin , Lauren Laurer Watts , Collin McKee Sheppard
CPC classification number: F03D13/10 , F03D1/0641 , F05B2230/232 , F05B2230/604 , F05B2240/301 , F05B2240/302 , F05B2280/4007
Abstract: A method of joining first and second blade components of a rotor blade of a wind turbine includes providing corresponding first and second positioning elements at an interface of the first and second blade components. The method also includes aligning and securing the first positioning element of the first blade component with the second positioning element of the second blade component so as to temporarily secure the first and second blade components together. Further, the corresponding first and second positioning elements maintain a desired spacing between the first and second blade components. Moreover, the method includes permanently securing the first and second blade components together such that the desired spacing is maintained between the first and second blade components.
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公开(公告)号：US20220034108A1
公开(公告)日：2022-02-03
申请号：US17278814
申请日：2018-09-28
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Gregory Edward Cooper , Norman Arnold Turnquist , Vitali Victor Lissianski , Biao Fang , James Robert Tobin , Pascal Meyer
Abstract: An additive printing device and a method for using the same to manufacture a tower structure of a wind turbine is provided. The additive printing device includes a vertical support structure, a support ring suspended from the vertical support structure, and a printer head movably coupled to the support ring for selectively depositing cementitious material. A drive mechanism, such as a rack and pinion, moves the printer head around the support ring while selectively depositing cementitious material. The vertical support structure may be raised and/or the relative position between the vertical support structure and the printer head may be adjusted to raise the printer head to print subsequent layers. This process may be repeated to print the tower structure layer-by-layer from the ground up.
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公开(公告)号：US10920745B2
公开(公告)日：2021-02-16
申请号：US15819083
申请日：2017-11-21
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： James Robert Tobin , Stephen Bertram Johnson
IPC: F03D1/06 , B33Y80/00 , B29C53/04 , B29C70/28 , B29D99/00 , B29C64/10 , B29K105/06 , B29K101/12
Abstract: A rotor blade segment of a wind turbine includes a seamless leading edge surface. A method of manufacturing a rotor blade segment of a wind turbine, the rotor blade segment having a seamless leading edge surface, includes forming an outer skin of the rotor blade segment. The outer skin defines a continuous outer surface. The continuous outer surface includes a pressure side surface extending between a pressure side aft edge and a pressure side forward edge, a suction side surface extending between a suction side forward edge and a suction side aft edge, and the seamless leading edge surface extends between the pressure side forward edge and the suction side forward edge. After folding the outer skin, the pressure side surface is positioned opposite the suction side surface and the pressure side aft edge is proximate the suction side aft edge.
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公开(公告)号：US10584676B2
公开(公告)日：2020-03-10
申请号：US15396919
申请日：2017-01-03
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： James Robert Tobin , Scott Gabell Riddell , Michael Christopher Booth , Megan Michela Wilson
IPC: F03D1/06
Abstract: Rotor blade assemblies for wind turbines are provided. A rotor blade assembly includes a rotor blade. In some embodiments, the rotor blade assembly further includes a surface feature configured on an exterior surface of the rotor blade, the surface feature having an exterior mounting surface. At least a portion of the exterior mounting surface has a contour in an uninstalled state that is different from a curvature of the exterior surface of the rotor blade at a mount location of the surface feature on the rotor blade. In other embodiments, the rotor blade assembly further includes a seal member surrounding at least a portion of a perimeter of the surface feature. The seal member contacts and provides a transition between the exterior surface and the surface feature.
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