# US 2017/0284374 A1 · Method and System for Transporting and Storing At Least Two Wind Turbine Blades > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2017/0284374 A1 - Document ID: US20170284374A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/625,319 - Filed: 2017-06-16 - Published: 2017-10-05 - Earliest claimed: 2012-10-26 - Assignees: Lm Wp Patent Holding A/S - Applicants: Lm Wp Patent Holding A/S - Inventors: Jacobus VAN DER ZEE - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170284374A1 ## CPC - B65G 57/00: Stacking of articles (B65G60/00 takes precedence; feeding, piling or stacking sheets B65H) - A47B 81/00: Cabinets or racks specially adapted for other particular purposes, e.g. for storing guns or skis - A47B 81/005: {Devices for storing or displaying rifles, guns, pistols or elongated objects such as fishing rods storing fishing rods (or the like in vehicles B60R7/08; storing guns in vehicles B60R7/14; cases for carrying guns F41C33/00)} - B65G 57/18: elongated, e.g. sticks, rods, bars - F03D 1/0675: {of the blades} - F03D 13/40: Arrangements or methods specially adapted for transporting wind motor components - F05B 2240/221: with horizontal axis - Y02E 10/72: Wind turbines with rotation axis in wind direction - B65G: TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS (packaging B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials, e.g. paper sheets or thread, B65H; cranes B66C; portable mobile or lifting or hauling appliances, e.g. hoists, B66D; devices for lifting or lowering goods for loading or unloading purposes, e.g. fork-lift trucks, B66F9/00; emptying bottles, jars, casks, barrels or similar containers, not otherwise provided for, B67C9/00; delivering or transferring liquids B67D; filling or discharging vessels for liquefied, solidified or compressed gases F17C; pipe-line systems for fluids F17D) - A47B: TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE (furniture jointing F16B) - F03D: WIND MOTORS - F05B: INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION ## Abstract A transportation and storage system for at least two wind turbine blades and comprising a first wind turbine blade and a second wind turbine blade is described. The wind turbine blades each having a root end and a tip end, said system comprising a packaging system that is adapted to placing the first wind turbine blade so that the tip end of the first wind turbine blade points in a first direction, and placing the second wind turbine blade so that the tip end of the second wind turbine blade points in a second direction, which is substantially opposite to the first direction. The tip end of the second wind turbine blade extends beyond the root end of the first wind turbine blade, and the tip end of the first wind turbine blade extends beyond the root end of the second wind turbine blade, when the first and the second wind turbine blades are arranged in the packaging system. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1-13. (canceled) ### Claim 14 A transportation and storage system for at least two wind turbine blades and comprising a first wind turbine blade and a second wind turbine blade, the wind turbine blades each having a root end and a tip end, said system comprising a packaging system that is adapted to placing the first wind turbine blade so that the tip end of the first wind turbine blade points in a first direction, and placing the second wind turbine blade so that the tip end of the second wind turbine blade points in a second direction, which is substantially opposite to the first direction, and wherein the packing system comprises: a first root end frame in form of a first root end bracket for attachment to a root end face of the first wind turbine blade, a first tip end frame for supporting a tip end portion of the first wind turbine blade, a second root end frame in form of a second root end bracket for attachment to a root end face of the second wind turbine blade, and a second tip end frame for supporting a tip end portion of the second wind turbine blade, wherein the second tip end frame is connected to the first root end frame, and the first tip end frame is connected to the second root end frame so that the the tip end of the second wind turbine blade extends beyond the root end of the first wind turbine blade, and the tip end of the first wind turbine blade extends beyond the root end of the second wind turbine blade, when the first and the second wind turbine blades are arranged in the packaging system. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The transportation and storage system according to claim 14, wherein the second tip end frame is detachably connected to the first root end frame, and the first tip end frame is detachably connected to the second root end frame. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The transportation and storage system according to claim 14, wherein the tip end of the first wind turbine blade, when arranged in the first tip end frame, extends a first longitudinal length beyond the first tip end frame, and the tip end of the second wind turbine blade, when arranged in the second tip end frame, extends a second longitudinal length beyond the first tip end frame ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The transportation and storage system according to claim 16, wherein the first longitudinal extent and the second longitudinal extent are at least 2 metres. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The transportation and storage system according to claim 14, wherein the storage system is adapted to stack the first and the second wind turbine blades on top of each other. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The transportation and storage system according to claim 14, wherein the second tip end frame is attached to a top of the first root end frame, and the first tip end frame is attached to a bottom of the second root end frame. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The transportation and storage system according to claim 18, wherein at least a first intermediate protective member is arranged between the first wind turbine blade and the second wind turbine blade. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The transportation and storage system according to claim 20, wherein the first intermediate protective member is arranged near the tip end of an upper arranged blade of the first wind turbine blade and the second wind turbine blade. ### Claim 22 (depends on 20) The transportation and storage system according to claim 20, wherein the intermediate protective member is made of a foamed polymer. ### Claim 23 (depends on 14) The transportation and storage system according to claim 14, wherein the first tip end frame comprises a first upwardly facing receptacle for supporting a part of the first wind turbine blade, and the second tip end frame comprises a second upwardly facing receptacle for supporting a part of the second wind turbine blade. ### Claim 24 (depends on 17) The transportation and storage system according to claim 17, wherein the first longitudinal extent and the second longitudinal extent are at least 3.5 metres. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The transportation and storage system according to claim 24, wherein the first longitudinal extent and the second longitudinal extent are at least 5 metres.