ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,002, issued on May 26, was assigned to LM WIND POWER A/S (Kolding, Denmark).
"Leading edge protection with reduced noise impact" was invented by Andreas Herrig (Salzbergen, Germany), Horacio Bulacio (Kolding, Denmark) and Hans Minnee (DH Heerhugowaard, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a leading edge protection for a wind turbine blade, wherein a leading edge axis of the leading edge protection is configured to be fitted on at least part of a leading edge of a wind turbine blade and the leading edge protection is configured to extend between the leading edge and a first edge downstream a first...