ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,901, issued on July 28, was assigned to Nordex Energy SE & Co. KG (Hamburg, Germany).

"Method for lubricating a bearing, lubricant supply system and wind turbine" was invented by Andreas Rogg (Hamburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for lubricating a bearing, in particular a rotor bearing, of a wind turbine, includes: determining a load condition of a load acting on the bearing, determining an operating condition of the bearing dependent on the determined load condition, determining a damage potential of the bearing dependent on the determined operating condition, providing a lubricant supply signal dependent on the ...