ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,226, issued on July 22, was assigned to BLADE DYNAMICS Ltd. (Eastleigh Hampshire, Great Britain) and LM WIND POWER A/S (Kolding, Denmark).

"Leading edge protection for a wind turbine blade" was invented by Manish Mukherjee (Hampshire, Great Britain) and Michael Haag (Kolding, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a wind turbine blade extending from a root end to a tip end, the wind turbine blade comprising a root region, and an airfoil region comprising the tip, a pressure side, a suction side and a chord extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge. The wind turbine blade comprises a leading edge protection ele...