US Patent Issued to SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY on July 28 for "Root bushing, wind turbine rotor blade and method" (Spanish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,832, issued on July 28, was assigned to SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY S.L. (Sarriguren, Spain).

"Root bushing, wind turbine rotor blade and method" was invented by Alberto Garcia Pouso (Pamplona, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A root bushing for a wind turbine rotor blade is provided, including a plurality of fiber material layers and an insert, wherein the insert is embedded in the fiber material layers, and wherein at least a part of the fiber material layers forms a double scarf joint for transferring loads from the insert to the fiber material layers and vice versa. Due to the double scarf joint it...