ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,056, issued on July 29, was assigned to BLADE DYNAMICS Ltd. (Eastleigh, Great Britain).

"Male spar beam for a segmented wind turbine blade" was invented by Paul Damian Michael Todd (Eastleigh, Great Britain) and Mark Hancock (Eastleigh, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A male spar beam for mutually attaching a segmented wind turbine blade and, comprising: a leading-edge part comprising a second upper wall, a second lower wall, and a second shear wall connecting the second upper wall with the second lower wall, the leading-edge part; and a trailing-edge part comprising a first upper wall, a first lower wall, and a first sh...