Rotor Blade Assembly
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Abstract
A rotor blade assembly is provided that includes a rotor blade and a rotor blade tip member. The rotor blade is provided with an integrated lightning down conductor and is attachable or attached to a rotor hub of a wind turbine. The rotor blade tip member is made of an electrically insulating material and is detachably attached or adapted to be detachably attached to a free ending of the rotor blade by a connecting device. The connecting device is a wire or a rod made of an electrically conductive material establishing or adapted to establish a mechanical and electrical connection of the rotor blade tip member with the lightning down conductor of the rotor blade.
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Citations
32 Claims
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1-15. -15. (canceled)
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16. A rotor blade assembly comprising:
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a rotor blade with an integrated lightning down conductor, the rotor blade being attachable or attached to a rotor hub of a wind turbine, the rotor blade comprising a free ending; a rotor blade tip member made of an electrically insulating material; and a connecting device for detachably attaching the rotor blade tip member to the free ending of the rotor blade, wherein the connecting device is a wire or a rod made of an electrically conductive material for establishing a mechanical and electrical connection of the rotor blade tip member with the lightning down conductor of the rotor blade. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A rotor blade tip member for a rotor blade assembly,
wherein the rotor blade tip member is made of an electrically insulating material, wherein the rotor blade tip member is adapted to be detachably attached to a free ending of a rotor blade of the rotor blade assembly with an integrated lightning down conductor by a connecting device, and wherein the connecting device is a wire or a rod made of an electrically conductive material adapted to establish a mechanical and electrical connection of the rotor blade tip member with a lightning down conductor of the rotor blade.
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32. A wind turbine, comprising:
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a rotor hub; and a plurality of rotor blade assemblies attached to the rotor hub, each of the plurality of rotor blade assemblies comprising; a rotor blade with an integrated lightning down conductor, the rotor blade being attachable or attached to a rotor hub of a wind turbine, the rotor blade comprising a free ending; a rotor blade tip member made of an electrically insulating material; and a connecting device for detachably attaching the rotor blade tip member to the free ending of the rotor blade, wherein the connecting device is a wire or a rod made of an electrically conductive material for establishing a mechanical and electrical connection of the rotor blade tip member with the lightning down conductor of the rotor blade.
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Specification