US Patent Issued to Vestas Wind Systems on June 30 for "Anti-oscillation tool for wind turbine blades" (Indian, Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,109, issued on June 30, was assigned to Vestas Wind Systems A/S (Aarhus N., Denmark).

"Anti-oscillation tool for wind turbine blades" was invented by Payam Javadian (Aarhus N, Denmark), Balachandar Mahalingam (Coimbatore, India) and Dhineswaran Loganathan (Chennai, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool (14) for reducing vibrations in wind turbine blades at scheduled standstill for example during turbine installation or service, the tool comprising an elongate flexible sock-like sleeve (16) for fitting over the blades (10) having an airflow-disrupting function and a guard (24) of semi-rigid material provided at an edge of the sl...