Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Improvements relating to lightning protection systems for wind turbine blades
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Application No.: US15029883Application Date: 2014-10-15
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Publication No.: US10465662B2Publication Date: 2019-11-05
- Inventor: Morten Bagger Søgaard , Daniel Whitehouse , Richard Baker
- Applicant: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- Applicant Address: DK Aarhus N.
- Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- Current Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- Current Assignee Address: DK Aarhus N.
- Agency: Wood Herron & Evans LLP
- Priority: GB1318382.7 20131017
- International Application: PCT/DK2014/050334 WO 20141015
- International Announcement: WO2015/055214 WO 20150423
- Main IPC: F03D80/30
- IPC: F03D80/30 ; F03D1/06
Abstract:
A receptor arrangement for a wind turbine blade, the arrangement comprising a receptor component connectable to a down conductor of a lightning protection system wherein the receptor component is encapsulated by an insulating member. The invention extends to apparatus for lightning protection in a wind turbine blade including such a receptor arrangement connected to a down conductor, and also to a method of assembling lightning protection apparatus for a wind turbine blade.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160245264A1 IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO LIGHTNING PROTECTION SYSTEMS FOR WIND TURBINE BLADES Public/Granted day:2016-08-25
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