ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,622, issued on Nov. 4.
"System and method for cleaning wind turbine blades and solar panels" was invented by William F. Crunk (San Angelo, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for cleaning a wind turbine blade or a solar panel includes applying a cleaning solution to a surface of a wind turbine blade or solar panel; affixing a wind cinch device around a high point of the wind turbine blade or solar panel; applying tension to one or more lines attached to the wind cinch device to control the pressure the wind cinch device applies to the surface of the wind turbine blade or solar panel; and pulling the wind cinch device from th...