US Patent Issued to Vestas Wind Systems on March 17 for "Modular nacelle with storable support assembly for supporting wind turbine components and related methods" (Danish, Portuguese, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,939, issued on March 17, was assigned to Vestas Wind Systems A/S (Aarhus N., Denmark).

"Modular nacelle with storable support assembly for supporting wind turbine components and related methods" was invented by Simon Kabus (Viborg, Denmark), Pedro Miguel Correia Cavaco (Senhora da Hora, Portugal) and Arvindh Malathi (Chennai, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A main nacelle unit (22) for forming a nacelle (14) of a wind turbine (10) includes a main housing (28) having an outer wall (30a, 30b) and containing a base frame (52) configured to be attached to a tower (12) of the wind turbine (10). The main nacelle unit (22) also includ...