Patents by Inventor Robert Andrew Dixon

Robert Andrew Dixon 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).

  • Wind turbine blades with improved bond line
    Patent number: 8262364
    Abstract: A wind turbine blade includes an upper shell member and a lower shell member defining an internal cavity therebetween. The shell members are joined with a bond paste along bond lines at the leading edge and trailing edge of the blade. A seal member is disposed between the upper and lower shell members at a designed width of the bond line along at least one of the trailing or leading edges. The seal member comprises a dam on each of the lower and upper shell members that overlap in a mated configuration of the shell members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Robert Andrew Dixon
  • WIND TURBINE BLADES WITH IMPROVED BOND LINE
    Publication number: 20110318190
    Abstract: A wind turbine blade includes an upper shell member and a lower shell member defining an internal cavity therebetween. The shell members are joined with a bond paste along bond lines at the leading edge and trailing edge of the blade. A seal member is disposed between the upper and lower shell members at a designed width of the bond line along at least one of the trailing or leading edges. The seal member comprises a dam on each of the lower and upper shell members that overlap in a mated configuration of the shell members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventor: Robert Andrew Dixon
  • Wind turbine blades with improved bond line
    Patent number: 7988422
    Abstract: A wind turbine blade includes an upper shell member and a lower shell member defining an internal cavity therebetween. The shell members are joined with a bond paste along bond lines at the leading edge and trailing edge of the blade. A seal member is disposed between the upper and lower shell members at a designed width of the bond line along at least one of the trailing or leading edges. The seal member has a configuration such that excess flowable bond paste is prevented from migrating past the seal member and into the internal cavity upon mating the upper and lower shell members in assembly of the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Robert Andrew Dixon
  • WIND TURBINE BLADES WITH IMPROVED BOND LINE
    Publication number: 20110142674
    Abstract: A wind turbine blade includes an upper shell member and a lower shell member defining an internal cavity therebetween. The shell members are joined with a bond paste along bond lines at the leading edge and trailing edge of the blade. A seal member is disposed between the upper and lower shell members at a designed width of the bond line along at least one of the trailing or leading edges. The seal member has a configuration such that excess towable bond paste is prevented from migrating past the seal member and into the internal cavity upon mating the upper and lower shell members in assembly of the blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventor: Robert Andrew Dixon