Patent ID: 8177514

Claim:
A sectional blade for a wind turbine, the blade comprising at least a first blade section and a second blade section extending in opposite directions from a blade joint, where each blade section comprises a spar section forming a structural member of the blade and extending lengthwise, the first blade section and the second blade section being structurally connected by a spar bridge extending into said first and second blade sections to facilitate joining of said blade sections, the spar bridge being connected in a spar joint to a spar section defining a receiving spar section for receiving the spar bridge, the spar joint comprising a center beam extending lengthwise and including at least two beam caps joined by a beam web, and the spar joint further comprising at least two spar caps extending lengthwise and a spar web extending lengthwise and connecting the spar caps to opposite sides of the beam web in a chordwise direction.