Patents by Inventor Arthur H. E. Burke

Arthur H. E. Burke has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Methods of making wind turbine rotor blades
    Patent number: 7351040
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a root portion of a wind turbine blade includes, in an exemplary embodiment, providing an outer layer of reinforcing fibers including at least two woven mats of reinforcing fibers, providing an inner layer of reinforcing fibers including at least two woven mats of reinforcing fibers, and positioning at least two bands of reinforcing fibers between the inner and outer layers, with each band of reinforcing fibers including at least two woven mats of reinforcing fibers. The method further includes positioning a mat of randomly arranged reinforcing fibers between each pair of adjacent bands of reinforcing fibers, introducing a polymeric resin into the root potion of the wind turbine blade, infusing the resin through the outer layer, the inner layer, each band of reinforcing fibers, and each mat of random reinforcing fibers, and curing the resin to form the root portion of the wind turbine blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jamie T. Livingston, Arthur H. E. Burke, Jan Willem Bakhuis, Sjef Van Breugel, Andrew Billen