US Patent Issued to LM Wind Power on April 7 for "Method of forming a wind turbine rotor blade" (American, Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,730, issued on April 7, was assigned to LM Wind Power A/S (Kolding, Denmark).

"Method of forming a wind turbine rotor blade" was invented by Matthew Joseph Emig (New Orleans), Jesper Buch Thuesen (Kolding, Denmark), Peter Anthony Broome (Park Ridge, Ill.) and Michael Blanc (Slidell, La.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming a rotor blade includes positioning first dry skin layer(s) in a first mold. The method also includes placing a wedge-shaped core material having a mounting surface atop the first dry skin(s) in the first mold at a trailing edge end of the rotor blade. The method further includes infusing the first dry...