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US 11,578,694 B2Granted
Wind turbine rotor blade leading-edge protector
AssigneeSiemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S
InventorMogens Nielsen
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Abstract
Provided is a leading-edge protector for a wind turbine rotor blade, including a curved body shaped for attachment to the rotor blade along at least a section of its leading edge; a plurality of fins, each fin extending radially outward from the curved body and terminating in a blunt outer face; and a plurality of reinforcement bands, wherein a reinforcement band is attached to the blunt outer face of a fin. Also provided is a method of manufacturing such a leading-edge protector.
Claims15
A leading-edge protector for a wind turbine rotor blade, comprising:
- a curved body shaped for attachment to the wind turbine rotor blade along at least a section of a leading edge;
- a plurality of fins, each fin extending radially outward from the curved body and terminating in a blunt outer face;
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- a plurality of reinforcement bands, wherein a reinforcement band is attached to the blunt outer face of the fin and curves around the leading edge of the wind turbine rotor blade on top of the blunt outer face of the fin.
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