US Patent Issued to GE Vernova Renovables Espana on May 26 for "Methods for lubricating a pitch bearing of a wind turbine" (Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,007, issued on May 26, was assigned to GE Vernova Renovables Espana S.L. (Barcelona, Spain).

"Methods for lubricating a pitch bearing of a wind turbine" was invented by Efren Albisu Iso (Barcelona, Spain), Pedro Arroyo Beltri (Barcelona, Spain) and Louis Bond-Smith (Barcelona, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for lubricating a pitch bearing connecting a blade and a hub of a wind turbine include determining that lubricating the pitch bearing is to be carried out. The method further includes determining a top limit for a thrust gradient, the thrust gradient being a derivative of thrust with respect to time. Further, the meth...