Transportation assembly for rotor blade
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsStephen Bertram Johnson, Douglas C. Klein, Xianglei Chen, Srikanth Samudrala
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Abstract
Transportation assemblies for rotor blades are provided. A transportation assembly includes a protection cap including a nose portion and a plurality of sidewall portions extending from the nose portion, the protection cap having a generally U-shaped cross-sectional profile. The transportation assembly further includes a restraint assembly including a first protrusion and a second protrusion each extending from the protection cap, the first protrusion and the second protrusion spaced apart along a width of the protection cap.
Claims14
A transportation assembly for a rotor blade, the transportation system comprising:
- a protection cap comprising a nose portion and a plurality of sidewall portions extending from the nose portion, the protection cap having a generally U-shaped cross-sectional profile;
- a restraint assembly comprising a first protrusion and a second protrusion each extending from the protection cap, the first protrusion and the second protrusion spaced apart along a width of the protection cap;
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- a sling generally surrounding the protection cap and disposed between the first protrusion and the second protrusion,
- wherein a leading edge of the rotor blade contacts the nose portion of the protection cap.
A transportation assembly for a rotor blade having exterior surfaces defining a pressure side, a suction side, a leading edge and a trailing edge each extending between a tip and a root, the rotor blade defining a span and a chord, the transportation assembly comprising:
- a protection cap comprising a nose portion and a plurality of sidewall portions extending from the nose portion, the protection cap having a generally U-shaped cross-sectional profile;
- a restraint assembly comprising a first protrusion and a second protrusion each extending from the protection cap, the first protrusion and the second protrusion spaced apart along a width of the protection cap;
- a sling generally surrounding the protection cap and disposed between the first protrusion and the second protrusion;
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- a frame generally surrounding the protection cap and the sling, wherein the sling is mounted to the frame;
- wherein the leading edge of the rotor blade contacts the nose portion of the protection cap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.