US 11,988,190 B2
Method for producing a wind turbine blade and wind turbine blade
Manish Mukherjee, Hampshire (GB); and Michael Lund-Laverick, Kolding (DK)
Assigned to BLADE DYNAMICS LIMITED, Eastleigh Hampshire (GB); and LM WIND POWER A/S, Kolding (DK)
Appl. No. 17/606,425
Filed by BLADE DYNAMICS LIMITED, Hampshire (GB); and LM WIND POWER A/S, Kolding (DK)
PCT Filed Apr. 24, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/061498
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 25, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/216924, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 29, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1905845 (GB), filed on Apr. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0307465 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. F03D 1/06 (2006.01); B29D 99/00 (2010.01); B29L 31/08 (2006.01)
CPC F03D 1/0675 (2013.01) [B29D 99/0028 (2013.01); F03D 1/0641 (2013.01); B29L 2031/085 (2013.01); F05B 2230/60 (2013.01); F05B 2240/301 (2013.01); F05B 2240/304 (2020.08); F05B 2260/301 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
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1. A method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade, which comprises a flatback profile at a trailing edge of the wind turbine blade, said method comprising:
providing a lower shell part and an upper shell part, each of the lower and upper shell parts having a leading edge end and a trailing edge end;
providing a flatback profile component;
providing at least one web for connecting an inner surface of the lower shell part with an inner surface of the upper shell part;
connecting the flatback profile component with the at least one web to form a flatback assembly;
placing the flatback assembly on the lower shell part; and
mounting the upper shell part on the lower shell part and on the flatback assembly,
wherein the at least one web is connected with the flatback profile component and/or a further web by one or more bolts.