Method and assembly for detecting blade status in a wind...

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2006-01-10

2008-07-15

Hofsass, Jeff (Department: 2612)

Prime-mover dynamo plants

Electric control

Fluid-current motors

C290S055000, C340S572100, C416S001000, C416S061000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07400054

ABSTRACT:
Transponder technology is incorporated into the blades of a wind turbine to make it possible to transfer data wirelessly from each said blade to the associated tower. By providing a transponder including an RFID device in or on each of the blades and providing a reader/receiver in or on the tower support of the wind turbine, the reader/receiver can detect the operative RFID devices and/or read data from the RFID devices as the blades pass the tower.

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U.S. Appl. No. 11/295,467, filed Dec. 7, 2005.

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