Patent ID: 7955052
Filing Date: 2011-06-07
Classification: F03D,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A rotor blade for a wind power plant having a hub and a rotor, comprising: a rotor blade connector adapted for connection to the hub of the rotor of the wind power plant; a blade tip disposed at an opposite end of the rotor blade from the rotor blade connector; an electrical conductor positioned along a length of the rotor blade, the electrical conductor beginning at the rotor blade connector, and extending in a longitudinal direction of the rotor blade to proximate the blade tip and back to the rotor blade connector, and the electrical conductor configured to couple to a load detector; and an additional electrical conductor extending a predetermined distance in the longitudinal direction of the rotor blade, said predetermined distance being shorter than the length of the rotor blade, wherein the additional electrical conductor is galvanically connected at a predetermined location to the electrical conductor extending to proximate the blade tip.