US Patent Issued to NABRAWIND TECHNOLOGIES on July 28 for "Lightning-protection device in a modular blade" (Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,844, issued on July 28, was assigned to NABRAWIND TECHNOLOGIES S.L. (Pamplona, Spain).

"Lightning-protection device in a modular blade" was invented by Eneko Sanz Pascual (Pamplona, Spain), Javier Monreal Lesmes (Zizur Mayor, Spain), Ion Arocena De La Rua (Pamplona, Spain) and Arantxa Esparza Zabalza (Pamplona, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lightning-protection device in a modular blade that connects the outboard module, where the lightning strikes, to the inboard module through which the lightning is conducted to the hub, and includes the lightning down conductor cable. The device is an elastic element with greater electric...