ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,436, issued on July 7, was assigned to Nordex Energy SE & Co. KG (Hamburg, Germany).
"Vortex generator for a wind turbine rotor blade" was invented by Thomas Lipka (Rostock, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vortex generator for a wind turbine rotor blade includes a base plate having a lower surface configured for being mounted to an outer surface of the wind turbine rotor blade, an upper surface opposite the lower surface, a front edge, a rear edge and a longitudinal axis, wherein the rear edge of the base plate includes a perpendicular section arranged perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and at least one plate-shaped fin ...