ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,698, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Vestas Wind Systems A/S (Aarhus N., Denmark).
"Wind turbine alignment tool" was invented by Ole Kjaer (Silkeborg, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool (600; 600') for aligning tubular structures of a wind turbine comprises: a support part for attaching the tool (600; 600') to an end region of a first tubular structure (200) so as to extend axially outward therefrom; and a guide part connected to the support part by a bias part and adapted to engage an interior wall (301a) of a second tubular structure (301), wherein the bias part is arranged to urge the guide part to exert a radial for...