ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,937, issued on March 25, was assigned to LiftWerx Solutions Inc. (Cambridge, Canada).
"Method of dismounting or mounting a rotor blade of a wind turbine" was invented by Glen D. Aitken (Guelph, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of dismounting or mounting a rotor blade of a wind turbine involves: supporting a rotor blade of a wind turbine with a ground-based lift system at a tip-side position on the rotor blade in relation to a center of gravity of the rotor blade, and supporting the rotor blade with a nacelle-mounted lift system at a hub-side position on the rotor blade in relation to the center of gravity of the rotor ...