Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vortex generator for wind turbine blade, wind turbine blade, wind turbine power generating apparatus, and method of mounting vortex generator
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Application No.: US15259811Application Date: 2016-09-08
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Publication No.: US11319923B2Publication Date: 2022-05-03
- Inventor: Koji Fukami , Daisuke Wakata , Yuji Yatomi , Takashi Yamamura , Yoshihiro Fujioka
- Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
- Current Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agent Manabu Kanesaka; Benjamin Hauptman; Kenneth Berner
- Priority: JPJP2016-035879 20160226
- Main IPC: F03D1/06
- IPC: F03D1/06 ; F03D13/10

Abstract:
A vortex generator for a wind turbine blade includes: a platform portion to be fixed to a surface of the wind turbine blade; and at least one fin erected on the platform portion. The platform portion includes marks disposed on a pair of opposite positions in an outer edge region of the platform portion and indicating orientation of the vortex generator.
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