US Patent Issued to Ampelmann Holding B. V. on Sept. 2 for "Device, system and method for forming a temporary support structure for maintenance crew for a blade of a wind turbine, method of performing maintenance, wind turbine blade, wind turbine and wind turbine park" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,841, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Ampelmann Holding B. V. (Delft, Netherlands).

"Device, system and method for forming a temporary support structure for maintenance crew for a blade of a wind turbine, method of performing maintenance, wind turbine blade, wind turbine and wind turbine park" was invented by Adrianus Huibert De Ruiter (Delft, Netherlands) and Jan Van Der Tempel (Delft, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Device for forming a temporary support structure for maintenance crew for a blade of a wind turbine, the device comprising a sleeve configured to surround the blade, at least a longitudinal section thereof,...