ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,155, issued on July 21, was assigned to GE Vernova Renovables Espana S.L. (Barcelona, Spain).

"Method and system for thermal management of power conductor members in a wind turbine structure" was invented by Chao Liang (Shanghai), Jiahong Wang (Shanghai), Michael Graham McClure (Albany, N.Y.), Nathan Michael Killeen (Simpsonville, S.C.), John L. Bollenbecker (Albany, N.Y.) and Anshumann Patra (Bengaluru, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control method and associated system provide for thermal management of cables within a structure of a wind turbine. An airflow is established through the structure, the airflow moving along and ...