US Patent Issued to LIFTRA IP on Sept. 30 for "Counterweight tool" (Danish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,268, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to LIFTRA IP APS (Aalborg, Denmark).

"Counterweight tool" was invented by Per Eske Fenger (Terndrup, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A counterweight tool comprising an attachment element, a lever arm, a weight element, a first locking mechanism, and a first crane connection point. The attachment element being arranged to be attachable to a component of a wind turbine. The lever arm is pivotably connected to the attachment element about a pivot point, said lever arm being pivotable between a first position where the lever arm is arranged at a first angle with respect to the attachment elem...