ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,291, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to AERONES AMERICA LLC (San Jose, Calif.).
"Wind-turbine maintenance device" was invented by Janis Putrams (Riga, Latvia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semi- or fully automated maintenance device for use with a wind turbine is described. The maintenance device includes a base that is removably coupled to a tower of the wind turbine. This base may be vertically displaced along a vertical direction of the tower. Moreover, the maintenance device may include a telescopic arm in a horizontal direction relative to the vertical direction. This telescopic arm may provide a selectable and dynamic displac...