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US 9,574,549 B2Granted
Blade maintenance device for wind turbine
AssigneeSamsung Heavy Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorsByung Kyu Lee, Hong Gyeoum Kim, Jong Hwan Lee, Young Seok Cho, Young Youl Ha, In Chul Ha, Dong Ki Han
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Abstract
Provided is a blade maintenance device for a wind turbine. The blade maintenance device for the wind turbine includes: a body that travels along a leading edge of a blade; support units that extend from the body to both sides of the blade and support the sides of the blade; and a maintenance unit installed at at least one of the body and the support units so as to perform maintenance of an outer side of the blade.
Claims18
A blade maintenance device for a wind turbine, the blade maintenance device comprising:
- a body that travels along a leading edge of a blade;
- support units comprising support members that extend from the body to both sides of the blade and support the sides of the blade;
- and
- a maintenance unit installed at at least one of the body and the support units so as to perform maintenance of an outer side of the blade,
- wherein the maintenance unit comprises a movement unit that moves along one of the support members, and
- wherein the movement unit comprises:
- a movement member that moves along one of the support members;
- a movement motor installed at the movement member;
- and
- a driving body coupled to a shaft of the movement motor in contact with an outer side of the support member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.