US Patent Issued to Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy on Aug. 18 for "Method for manufacturing a wind turbine blade and fixture for manufacturing a wind turbine blade" (Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,073, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S (Brande, Denmark).

"Method for manufacturing a wind turbine blade and fixture for manufacturing a wind turbine blade" was invented by Soeren Randrup Daugaard Henrichsen (Vodskov, Denmark), Allan Hurup (Nibe, Denmark), Jens Grandjean Joergensen (Aalborg, Denmark) and Mogens Nielsen (Aalborg, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing a wind turbine blade includes the steps of: a) arranging a first pre-casted blade segment adjacent to a second pre-casted blade segment, b) arranging a fiber lay-up in a connection region between the first p...