Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Textile composite wind turbine blade
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Application No.: US13659601Application Date: 2012-10-24
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Publication No.: US10024301B2Publication Date: 2018-07-17
- Inventor: Anthony Waas , Yuan Lin Kevin Lim , Chongyu Brian Wang
- Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
- Applicant Address: US MI Ann Arbor
- Assignee: The Regents of The University of Michigan
- Current Assignee: The Regents of The University of Michigan
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Ann Arbor
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Main IPC: F03D1/06
- IPC: F03D1/06 ; B29C70/22 ; B29C63/00 ; B29L31/08
Abstract:
A wind turbine blade includes at least one mandrel and a sock that covers the at least one mandrel. The sock includes a plurality of braided fibers within a matrix material. The fibers can be made of different materials. Also, stiffness of the sock can vary across the wind turbine blade. A method of manufacturing the wind turbine blade is also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130101430A1 TEXTILE COMPOSITE WIND TURBINE BLADE Public/Granted day:2013-04-25
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