Patent ID: 9494132
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: F03D,F05B,Y02E,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A rotor blade for a wind turbine, said rotor blade comprising: a suction side surface and a pressure side surface; a blade root and a blade tip; and an airflow modifying assembly mounted onto at least one of said suction side surface or pressure side surface, said assembly comprising: an alignment structure fixed substantially adjacent to said blade root and installed circumferentially around a chord of the rotor blade, said alignment structure comprising a chord-wise extending face; a first base comprising a root end, a tail end having an interconnecting profile, and a plurality of airflow modifying elements configured thereon, wherein said root end of said first base is aligned with and abuts against said chord-wise extending face of said alignment structure such that said first base extends span-wise along the rotor blade from said root end to said tail end; and, at least one second base comprising a connector end having a complementary interconnecting profile and a plurality of airflow modifying elements, wherein said connector end is coupled to said tail end.