ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,329, issued on June 3, was assigned to BLADE DYNAMICS Ltd. (Eastleigh, Great Britain).

"Wind turbine rotor blade with a leading edge member" was invented by Manish Mukherjee (Eastleigh, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wind turbine rotor blade (10) is provided with a lightning protection device (84) and a leading edge member (70), the leading edge member (70) comprising an erosion shield (78, 80), deicing means, and an electrically conductive outer surface (80) which is operatively connected to the lightning protection device (84). The invention also relates to the use of the leading edge member (70) for providing leadin...