ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,597, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to LM Wind Power A/S (Kolding, Denmark).
"Spar cap with tapering and serrated end section" was invented by Lars Nielsen (Kolding, Denmark) and Klavs Jespersen (Kolding, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a spar cap for a wind turbine blade and a method for manufacturing said spar cap. The spar cap comprises: a plurality of reinforcing fibre layers comprising unidirectionally oriented reinforcement fibres, wherein the plurality of reinforcing fibre layers are arranged such that the spar cap tapers in thickness towards a first longitudinal end, and a number of firs...