WIND TURBINE BLADE
Applicants:
- Vestas (Denmark) [NORA names: Vestas; Private Research; Denmark; Europe, EU; Nordic; OECD]
Abstract
There is provided a wind turbine blade extending longitudinally in a spanwise direction between a root end and a tip end, and transversely in a chordwise direction between a 5 leading edge and a trailing edge. The wind turbine blade comprises an outer shell defining a substantially hollow interior, and a shear web arranged inside the outer shell and extending longitudinally in the spanwise direction. The shear web comprises an elongate web panel and a mounting flange extending along a longitudinal edge of the web panel, the mounting flange comprising an inboard end portion defining a root end of 10 the mounting flange and an outboard portion defining a tip end of the mounting flange. The outboard portion extends along a majority of the length of the elongate web panel. The inboard end portion of the mounting flange is bonded to an inner surface of the blade shell by a first adhesive, and the outboard portion of the mounting flange is bonded to the inner surface of the blade shell by a second adhesive. The first adhesive has a 15 lower elastic modulus than the second adhesive, and/or a chordwise width of the inboard end portion of the mounting flange is enlarged in comparison to a chordwise width of the outboard portion of the mounting flange adjacent to the inboard end portion.
Patent Family Records (8)
WIND TURBINE BLADE
Vestas (Denmark), Vestas Wind Systems AS SMITH JONATHAN
2024, EP-4077914-C0
WIND TURBINE BLADE
Vestas (Denmark), Vestas Wind Systems AS SMITH JONATHAN
2024, EP-4077914-B1
Wind turbine blade
Vestas (Denmark), Vestas Wind Systems AS J. SMITH
2024, CN-115038861-B
WIND TURBINE BLADE
Vestas (Denmark), Vestas Wind Systems AS SMITH JONATHAN
2023, US-20230022674-A1
Wind turbine blade
Vestas (Denmark), Vestas Wind Systems AS SMITH JONATHAN
2023, US-11773822-B2
WIND TURBINE BLADE
Vestas (Denmark), Vestas Wind Systems AS SMITH JONATHAN
2022, EP-4077914-A1
Wind turbine blade
Vestas (Denmark), Vestas Wind Systems AS SMITH JONATHAN
2022, CN-115038861-A
WIND TURBINE BLADE
VESTAS WIND SYS AS, Vestas (Denmark) SMITH JONATHAN
2021, WO-2021121507-A1