Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Extension tip sleeve for wind turbine blade
- Patent Title (中): 用于风力发电机叶片的延伸尖端套筒
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Application No.: US13731490Application Date: 2012-12-31
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Publication No.: US09399919B2Publication Date: 2016-07-26
- Inventor: Peggy Lynn Baehmann , Jaikumar Loganathan , Anindya Sengupta , Vasanth Kumar Balaramudu , Steven Robert Hayashi
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Niskayuna
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Niskayuna
- Agent Ann M. Agosti
- Main IPC: F01D5/14
- IPC: F01D5/14 ; F03D1/06

Abstract:
A wind blade is provided. The wind blade includes a body having an aerodynamic contour extended between a blade root and a blade tip. The wind blade also includes an extension tip sleeve arranged over the blade tip. The extension tip sleeve further includes a first portion having an extension blade and one or more structural ribs arranged on a pressure side of the wind blade. The extension tip sleeve also includes a second portion having a support structure located on a suction side of the wind blade. Furthermore, the wind blade includes a fairing having an airfoil shape for covering the one or more structural ribs, and the support structure of the extension tip sleeve.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140186175A1 EXTENSION TIP SLEEVE FOR WIND TURBINE BLADE Public/Granted day:2014-07-03
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