Patent 6890152 was granted and assigned to General Electric on May, 2005 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Methods and Apparatuses for deicing a wind turbine blade are described herein. In one embodiment, an exemplary process includes detecting an icy condition on a wind turbine blade and causing at least a portion of the wind turbine blade to vibrate, causing the ice built up on the wind turbine blade to break off.