US Patent Issued to LM Wind Power on Sept. 15 for "Method of manufacturing a shell of a wind turbine blade" (British, American, Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,777, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to LM Wind Power A/S (Kolding, Denmark).

"Method of manufacturing a shell of a wind turbine blade" was invented by Andrew M. Rodwell (New Orleans), Jasper Knoblock (New Orleans), Scott Huth (New Orleans), Thomas Merzhaeuser (Kolding, Denmark) and Paul Trevor Hayden (Hampshire, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a shell of a wind turbine blade is disclosed. The method of manufacturing includes laying one or more layers of fiber on a surface of mould to form the shell. A spar element is positioned at a pre-defined position on the one or more layers of fiber, and...