US Patent Issued to GE Vernova Infrastructure Technology on Sept. 9 for "System and method for use of a tunable mechanical mass damper to reduce vibrations in wind turbine blades in a locked or idling condition of the rotor hub" (South Carolina, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,773, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to GE Vernova Infrastructure Technology LLC (Greenville, S.C.).

"System and method for use of a tunable mechanical mass damper to reduce vibrations in wind turbine blades in a locked or idling condition of the rotor hub" was invented by Darren John Danielsen (Simpsonville, S.C.), Charles Erklin Seeley (Niskayuna, N.Y.), Gregory Edward Cooper (Greenfield Center, N.Y.) and Wilhelm Ramon Hernandez (Greenville, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method are provided for reducing vibrations and loads in one or more rotor blades on a rotor hub of a wind turbine when the rotor hub is in a l...