ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,161, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to LM WIND POWER A/S (Kolding, Denmark).
"Mobile on-site recycling system for a wind turbine blade" was invented by John Korsgaard (Kolding, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A recycling ship configured to sail to an offshore site for recycling a composite material rich structure at the site. The composite material rich structure can include a wind turbine blade, a boat or a ship comprising fiber reinforced composite material. The recycling ship comprises a first processing unit having a cutter configured to receive the composite material rich structure and to section it into composite parts, a...