Spar Cap Made Of Prefabricated Elements With Laid Fabric And Method For Producing Same - EP3496936

The patent EP3496936 was granted to Senvion on Nov 30, 2022. The application was originally filed on Aug 9, 2017 under application number EP17751381A. The patent is currently recorded with a legal status of "Granted And Under Opposition".

EP3496936

SENVION
Application Number
EP17751381A
Filing Date
Aug 9, 2017
Status
Granted And Under Opposition
Oct 28, 2022
Publication Date
Nov 30, 2022
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Patent Citations (8) New

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DESCRIPTIONDE102008055771
DESCRIPTIONDE102011003560
INTERNATIONAL-SEARCH-REPORTWO2016015736
OPPOSITIONEP3034865
OPPOSITIONUS2007140862
OPPOSITIONUS2015151390
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Non-Patent Literature (NPL) Citations (5) New

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INTERNATIONAL-SEARCH-REPORT- Jeff Sloan, "Senvion acquires RodPack composite technology for wind turbine blades", (20151120), Internet, URL: https://www.compositesworld.com/news/senvion-acquires-rodpack-composite-technology-for-wind-turbine-blades, (20171106), XP002775300 [A] 1-10 * See in particular the video in the article *
OPPOSITION- Adams David F., James V. Gauchet, Luc Peters, Trevor F. Syarr, "3 Profile design, specification, properties and related matters. 5 Reinforcements for pultrusion", Pultrusion for engineers, Woodhead Publishing Limited, (20000101), pages 67 - 96, 175-196, XP093112956
OPPOSITION- Gardiner Ginger, "Blade cycle time: 37 percent faster", CW composites world, (20120102), CW composites world, URL: https://www.compositesworld.com/articles/blade-cycle-time-37-percent-faster#:~:text=Collectively%2C%20however%2C%20they%20have%20reduced,cycle%20time%20by%2035%20percent., (20231218), XP093112955
OPPOSITION- Gruhn Joel, Narasimhan Kamesh, "RodPack: A New Form of Aligned Fiber Reinforcement for Wind Blade Spar Caps", 2012 Wind Turbine Blade Workshop NEPTCO Incorporated Sandia National Laboratories, (20120101), pages 1 - 26, 2012 Wind Turbine Blade Workshop NEPTCO Incorporated Sandia National Laboratories, URL: https://energy.sandia.gov/wp-content//gallery/uploads/2A-B-2-Gruhn1.pdf, (20231218), XP093112954
OPPOSITION- Martin Jeffrey D., Joseph E. Sumerek, "Pultrution", ASM Handbook, (20010101), pages 533 - 243, XP093112960

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