Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wind turbine blade inspection system
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Application No.: US16968325Application Date: 2019-02-11
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Publication No.: US11959463B2Publication Date: 2024-04-16
- Inventor: Christopher Robert Cieslak
- Applicant: BLADEBUG LIMITED
- Applicant Address: GB London
- Assignee: BLADEBUG LIMITED
- Current Assignee: BLADEBUG LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: GB London
- Agency: BACON & THOMAS, PLLC
- Priority: GB 02209 2018.02.09
- International Application: PCT/GB2019/050363 2019.02.11
- International Announcement: WO2019/155234A 2019.08.15
- Date entered country: 2020-08-07
- Main IPC: F03D80/50
- IPC: F03D80/50 ; B23P6/00 ; B62D57/024 ; F03D17/00 ; G01M13/00

Abstract:
A robotic device includes four or more legs and is configured to crawl over a surface of a wind turbine blade for inspection of and/or maintenance of the wind turbine blade. The robotic device may be programmed to crawl along a leading edge of the wind turbine blade to conduct inspection and/or maintenance of the leading edge of the wind turbine blade. The device may include a body defining a longitudinal axis, a row of legs arranged on opposite sides of the body. The legs may each include two or more articulated limb segments and a foot. The foot may include a suction cup for securing the robotic device to the wind turbine blade.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210095642A1 WIND TURBINE BLADE INSPECTION SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2021-04-01
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