ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,464, issued on March 24, was assigned to ENVISION ENERGY Co. LTD (Jiangsu, China).

"Lightning protection apparatus for wind generator blade and mounting method thereof" was invented by Shichang Gong (Jiangsu, China), Hao Ma (Jiangsu, China), Jianxu Sun (Jiangsu, China), Jiayan Bian (Jiangsu, China) and Zhenhua Dong (Jiangsu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lightning protection apparatus for a wind generator blade, including a lightning arrester and a lightning arrester base. The lightning arrester includes a connecting portion, a lightning arresting portion, and a positioning portion, wherein the lightning arresting portion i...