	US 12,215,668 B2
	Wind turbine component, wind turbine, and method for manufacturing of a wind turbine component
Lars Oliver Bernhammer, Pamplona (ES); and Feng Wang, Aalborg (DK)
Assigned to Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S, Brande (DK)
Appl. No. 18/028,724
Filed by Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S, Brande (DK)
PCT Filed Sep. 10, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/074930 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 27, 2023, PCT Pub. No. WO2022/069189, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 7, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 20199578 (EP), filed on Oct. 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0358206 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. F03D 1/06 (2006.01); F03D 80/70 (2016.01)

CPC F03D 1/0675 (2013.01) [F03D 80/70 (2016.05); F05B 2230/90 (2013.01); F05B 2240/305 (2020.08)]

5 Claims

1. A method for manufacturing of a wind turbine component, wherein the wind turbine component comprises a main body with a continuous and at least partly curved surface, comprising the steps of:

providing a layer stack comprising a plurality of planar or substantially planar layers,

wherein at least two of the layers are of a different material,

wherein the layer stack comprises at least one inner layer and at least one outer layer,

wherein at least one sensing layer and/or at least one active layer is provided between the at least one inner layer and the at least one outer layer, and wherein the at least one sensing layer and/or the at least one active layer and the at least one inner layer are embedded within and completely surrounded by the at least one outer layer,

fabricating the main body from the layer stack, wherein the continuous and at least partly curved surface of the main body is formed in a vacuum forming process;

providing the wind turbine component as a cover element; and

providing the cover element as a bearing cover for covering a main bearing of a wind turbine or an edge protection cover for a leading edge or a trailing edge of a rotor blade.