ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,816, issued on May 13, was assigned to General Electric Renovables Espana S.L. (Barcelona, Spain).

"Drive train assemblies for wind turbines" was invented by Jaco Nies (Hertme, Netherlands), Laia Esteban Soler (Barcelona, Spain), Francesco Maccarana (Nantes, France), Thomas Drots (Nantes, France) and Josep Bosch-Collado (Barcelona, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to drive train assemblies for a wind turbine. These assemblies may comprise a rotor hub and a generator module. The generator module comprises a generator stator, and a stationary frame for supporting the generator stator. The generator fu...