US 12,479,351 B2
Apparatuses, systems and methods for the transportation of wind turbine blades on roadways
Joris Kofman, Aalborg Øst (DK); Ariel de Silvio, Aarhus C (DK); and Kurt Jensen, Aarhus N (DK)
Assigned to Vestas Wind Systems A/S, Aarhus N. (DK)
Appl. No. 17/795,708
Filed by Vestas Wind Systems A/S, Aarhus N (DK)
PCT Filed Feb. 26, 2021, PCT No. PCT/DK2021/050055
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 27, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/175393, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 10, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. PA 2020 70144 (DK), filed on Mar. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0090076 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. F03D 13/40 (2016.01); B60P 3/40 (2006.01)
CPC B60P 3/40 (2013.01) [F03D 13/40 (2016.05); F03D 13/401 (2023.08)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
17. A transportation arrangement, comprising:
a truck;
a trailer coupled with the truck for being towed behind the truck, the trailer including a bed portion spaced rearwardly of the truck and including opposing sides;
a tip bolster positioned on and pivotable relative to the trailer about a first vertical axis;
a separate dolly vehicle;
a root bolster positioned on and pivotable relative to the separate dolly vehicle about a second vertical axis;
a blade extending between a root end and a tip end, wherein:
a tip region of the blade proximate the tip end is supported on the bed portion of the trailer by the tip bolster such that the first vertical axis is spaced apart from the tip end of the blade,
a root region of the blade proximate the root end is supported on the separate dolly vehicle by the root bolster such that the second vertical axis is spaced apart from the root end of the blade, and
wherein the blade couples the dolly vehicle with the truck and trailer for forming the transportation arrangement, and
wherein at least a portion of the tip region is configured to extend laterally away from a side of the trailer when the trailer and separate dolly vehicle are longitudinally offset from each other.