ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,611, issued on May 20, was assigned to Bewind GmbH (Rendsburg, Germany) and WEG Equipamentos Eletricos S.A. (Jaragua do Sul-SC, Brazil).

"Rotor blade of a wind turbine and corresponding wind turbine" was invented by Marc Petsche (Berlin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotor blade for a wind turbine is provided. The rotor blade includes a high lift root profile with flat-back trailing edge with a suction side and a pressure side, a relative airfoil thickness being between 45% and 75% or between 48% and 70% of a chord length. A trailing edge thickness is between 30% and 75% or between 35% and 60% of the relative airfoil thickness. The...