MUMBAI, India, Nov. 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617094844 A) filed by Act Blade Limited on August 05, 2026, for Lightning Protection For Wind-Turbine Blades.
Inventors include Macvicar, Donald William; Rimmer, John; Baker, Richard; and Botha-Kite, Samuel Frederick.
The application for the patent was published on October 30, 2026, under issue no. 44/2026.
Abstract: A wind turbine rotor blade comprising: a plurality of carbon-containing structural spars, whereby each structural spar extends spanwise along the blade between a root- wards position and a tip-wards position, each structural spar having an outward facing surface; an electrically conductive lightning-protection structure, the electrically conductive lightning-protection structure being electrically connected to, or electrically connectable to, a ground connection at a root end of the wind turbine rotor blade; whereby the lightning-protection structure comprises a branch for each structural spar, each branch extending along and covering the outward facing surface of the corresponding structural spar; each branch electrically connected to the respective structural spar at least at a tip-wards location and a root-wards location.
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