ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,800, issued on May 13, was assigned to BLADE DYNAMICS Ltd. (Eastleigh, Great Britain).
"Wind turbine rotor blade with framed access window" was invented by Jeremy Hurault (Eastleigh, Great Britain) and Harry Fish (Eastleigh, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a wind turbine blade (10) with an access window (94) extending through a shell body of the blade. A frame (96), which defines an opening (97), is arranged on top of the outer surface of the blade such that the opening of the frame (96) is aligned with the access window. A cover member (92) covers the opening (97) of the frame and releas...