Patent ID: 11946444
Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC RENOVABLES ESPANA, S.L.
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  Y | IPC F

Claim 12:
13. A wind turbine blade assembly comprising:
a wind turbine blade, extending in a longitudinal direction between a root end and a tip end and comprising a shell having an outer surface defining a pressure surface and a suction surface, a leading edge and a trailing edge, and a load-bearing structure extending in the longitudinal direction;
a blade peripheral device configured to contact and conform to the outer surface of the shell;
wherein the blade peripheral device magnetically couples to the wind turbine blade via a magnetic coupling to attach to the outer surface of the shell; and
the magnetic coupling comprising a first element formed in the shell beneath the outer surface such that the outer surface overlies the first element.