US Patent Issued to LM WIND POWER on June 16 for "Pneumatically operated web lifting tongs" (Indian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,997, issued on June 16, was assigned to LM WIND POWER A/S (Kolding, Denmark).

"Pneumatically operated web lifting tongs" was invented by Dinesh Bramhapurkar (Bengaluru, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade (10) is provided, the method comprising the steps of providing a first shell half (38) and a second shell half (36), providing at least one shear web (50) having a web body (61) arranged between a first mounting flange (62) and an opposing second mounting flange (63), and providing a lifting assembly (65). The lifting assembly comprising at least one crane device (68), a lifting rail (...