ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,251, issued on April 15, was assigned to Blade Dynamics Ltd. (Eastleigh, Great Britain).
"Wind turbine rotor blade with access window" was invented by Jelmer Cnossen (Eastleigh, Great Britain) and Paul Damian Michael Todd (Eastleigh, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a wind turbine blade comprising an aerodynamic shell having an outer surface forming at least part of an exterior surface of the wind turbine blade and an inner surface. An access window extends through the shell. A panel is arranged within a recessed portion at the inner surface of the shell adjacent to the access window for cl...