ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,515, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to LM Wind Power A/S (Kolding, Denmark) and LM Wind Power R&D (Holland) B.V. (Heerhugowaard, Netherlands).

"Specimen test method" was invented by Francesco Attanasio (Kolding, Denmark) and Francisco Lahuerta Calahorra (Heerhugowaard, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a test rig and a method for mechanical load testing of a specimen extending along a longitudinal axis from a first specimen end to a second specimen end and comprising a composite material extending along the longitudinal axis from a first composite end to a second composite end and a primary elongate component e...