Patent ID: 8262364
Filing Date: 2012-09-11
Classification: B29C,B29L,F03D,F05B,Y02E,Y02P,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A wind turbine blade, said blade comprising: an upper shell member and a lower shell member defining an internal cavity therebetween; said upper and lower shell members joined with a bond paste along bond lines at a leading edge and a trailing edge of said blade; a seal member disposed between said upper and lower shell members at a designed width of said bond line along at least one of said trailing or leading edges; said seal member having a configuration such that excess flowable bond paste is prevented from migrating past said seal member and into said internal cavity upon mating said upper and lower shell members in assembly of said blade; and said seal member comprising a dam on each of said lower and upper shell members, each of said dams having longitudinal sides extending from the respective said shell member towards the opposite said shell member, and said dams offset so as to align and overlap along said longitudinal sides of said dam members in a mated configuration of said upper and lower shell members.