MUMBAI, India, June 19 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202647066401 A) filed by Lm Wind Power As on May 26, 2026, for A Wind Turbine Blade With A Reinforcing Structure And Method For Its Manufacture.
Inventors include Alkemade, Harry; Razeghi, Rama; Jrgensen, Jeppe; Redmond-Gray, Dylan; and Manikarnika, Kiran.
The application for the patent was published on June 05, 2026, under issue no. 23/2026.
Abstract: A method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade (10) is provided, the method comprising a reinforcing structure, the wind turbine having a profiled contour including a pressure side (36) and a suction side (38), and a leading edge (18) and a trailing edge (20) with a chord having a chord length extending therebetween, the wind turbine blade (10) extending in a spanwise direction between a root end (16) and a tip end (14), the method comprising the steps of: providing a blade shell mould (44), arranging a plurality of blade shell components (41-57) in the blade shell mould (44), assembling of the reinforcing structure (62) in the blade shell mould (44), the reinforcing structure (62) comprising a plurality of strips (63) of fibre material arranged into adjacent stacks (65) of strips, wherein the step of assembling of the reinforcing structure in the blade shell mould comprises pre-assembling a plurality of building blocks (65), each building block comprising a plurality of the strips (63) of fibre material formed into a stack, and at least one interlayer (70) disposed in between neighbouring strips in the stack. A method of manufacturing a reinforcing structure, a reinforcing structure, a wind turbine blade and a modular system for manufacturing a reinforcing structure for a wind turbine blade are also provided. Improved aerodynamic performance of the wind turbine blade is achieved.
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