Patents Assigned to IM Glasfiber A/S
  • Lightning protection for wind turbine blade
    Patent number: 6457943
    Abstract: A wind turbine blade with a lightning conductor, where said lightning conductor is formed by one or more oblong strips (1, 2, 3) of carbon fiber-reinforced plastics preferably forming part of the wind turbine blade. In this manner the oblong strips (1, 2, 3) of carbon fiber-reinforced plastics both reinforce the blade and divert the lightning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: IM Glasfiber A/S
    Inventors: Kaj Olsen, Peter Grabau, Flemming Møller Larsen