公开(公告)号：US20250043772A1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-06

申请号：US18717524

申请日：2022-12-08

Applicant: Vestas Wind Systems A/S

Inventor： Nathan A. Brilliant ,  Toby Collard ,  Edward Noel Finn

IPC: F03D80/30 ,  F03D1/06

Abstract: A wind turbine blade having a blade shell with a lightning protection system; the lightning protection system comprising: a first electrically conductive pin, and a second electrically conductive pin adjacent to the first electrically conductive pin; a metal layer at an outer surface of the blade shell, the metal layer split into a first portion and a second portion with a discontinuity between the first and second portions; wherein the first electrically conductive pin extends through the first portion of the metal layer and not through the second portion of the metal layer; and wherein the second electrically conductive pin extends through the second portion of the metal layer and not through the first portion of the metal layer.