Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Actuatable surface features for wind turbine rotor blades
- Patent Title (中): 风力发电机转子叶片的可执行表面特征
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Application No.: US13015693Application Date: 2011-01-28
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Publication No.: US08167554B2Publication Date: 2012-05-01
- Inventor: Jing Wang , Edward Lee McGrath , Thomas Joseph Fischetti
- Applicant: Jing Wang , Edward Lee McGrath , Thomas Joseph Fischetti
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Corporation
- Current Assignee: General Electric Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Dority & Manning, P.A.
- Main IPC: B64C9/00
- IPC: B64C9/00

Abstract:
A rotor blade for a wind turbine is disclosed. The rotor blade may generally include a shell having a pressure side and a suction side. The shell may define an opening in at least one of the pressure and suction sides. The rotor blade may also include a base and at least two surface features spaced apart along the outer perimeter of the base. The base may generally be movable relative to the opening between a recessed position and an actuated position. Additionally, the base may be rotatable within the shell in order to adjust which of the surface features is received within the opening when the base is moved to the actuated position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110223033A1 ACTUATABLE SURFACE FEATURES FOR WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADES Public/Granted day:2011-09-15
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