IP Library Granted Patent US 10,253,753
Granted Patent B2
US 10,253,753 · App. 15/513,147 · Granted Apr 9, 2019

Rotor blade for wind turbine

Inventor: Rikard Berthilsson (Furulund, SE)
Assignee: WINFOOR AB
F03D1/0675F03D1/06F03D3/062F05B2240/221F05B2240/30F05B2240/302F05B2250/20Y02E10/721Y02E10/74
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Patent No.
US 10,253,753
App. No.
15/513,147
Granted
Apr 9, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A blade ( 104 ) for a rotor of a wind turbine is provided. The blade ( 104 ) comprises: a truss-like three-dimensional structure having strut members ( 108; 110; 112 ) forming the truss-like structure, wherein a plurality of the strut members ( 108; 110; 112 ) in the truss-like structure have an airfoil-shaped cross-section.

Claims (13)

1. A blade for a rotor of a wind turbine, said blade comprising:

a truss-like three-dimensional structure having strut members forming the truss-like structure, wherein a plurality of the strut members in the truss-like structure have an airfoil-shaped cross-section,

wherein the truss-like structure comprises a plurality of longitudinal strut members extending substantially along a longitudinal direction of the blade, wherein the plurality of longitudinal strut members have an airfoil-shaped cross-section, and

wherein the plurality of longitudinal strut members are separated along an entire longitudinal direction of the blade, and

wherein the truss-like structure further comprises at least two connectors, wherein the at least two connectors are arranged to extend in a cross-sectional direction of the blade, and

wherein the at least two connectors are arranged to control a positioning of the plurality of longitudinal strut members in relation to each other, and

wherein the at least two connectors are plate-like structures with through-going holes that fit the shape of the longitudinal strut members, wherein the through-going holes are angled differently in the at least two plate-like structures in order to vary the orientation of the airfoil-shaped cross-section of the plurality of longitudinal strut members along the longitudinal direction of the blade.

2. The blade according to claim 1 , wherein the truss-like structure further comprises a plurality of diagonal strut members, wherein a diagonal strut member extends from a connection point between a first longitudinal strut member and a first connector to a connection point between a second longitudinal strut member and a second connector.

3. The blade according to claim 1 , wherein the through-going holes are arranged on the at least two connectors to provide the relative position of the longitudinal strut members to each other, and wherein a twist of the longitudinal strut members is forced by the arrangement of the through-going holes in the at least two connectors.

4. The blade according to claim 1 , wherein the through-going holes are angled in the plate-like structures so as to control a twist of the plurality of longitudinal strut members along the longitudinal direction of the blade.

5. The blade according to claim 1 , wherein proportions of the airfoil-shaped cross-section of the plurality of longitudinal strut members are constant over substantially the entire length of the plurality of longitudinal strut members.

6. A wind turbine, comprising at least one blade according to claim 1 .

7. The blade according to claim 1 , wherein the at least two connectors vary in size along the longitudinal direction of the blade.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 22, 2018
From: BERTHILSSON, RIKARD
To: WINFOOR AB
Reel/Frame 045605/0613 →
Priority Claims (1)
SE 1451129 · Sep 25, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170306923A1 · Oct 26, 2017
Cited By (1)
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