ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,561,785, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to LM WIND POWER A/S (Kolding, Denmark).

"System and method for inspection of a wind turbine blade shell part" was invented by Gary Miller (Kolding, Denmark), Abhay Laxmanrao Waghmare (Bengaluru, India), Ravichandra Bangalore Hutchaiah (Bengaluru, India), Arpit Jain (Schenectady, N.Y.) and Vinayakumar Savadattimath (Bengaluru, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wind turbine blade inspection system for inspecting a wind turbine blade part, such as a wind turbine blade shell part or a wind turbine blade spar cap, for defects, is described. The wind turbine blade shell part extends in a longitudi...