US Patent Issued to LM Wind Power US Technology on April 29 for "Method of joining segments of a composite component" (Illinois, Louisiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,919, issued on April 29, was assigned to LM Wind Power US Technology ApS (Kolding, Denmark).

"Method of joining segments of a composite component" was invented by Peter Anthony Broome (Park Ridge, Ill.), Allen Russel Hall (New Orleans) and Chad Allen Boudoin (New Orleans).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods are provided for joining a composite component, such as a rotor blade of a wind turbine. Accordingly, a first blade segment is provided and a bladder assembly is positioned thereon. Additionally, an adhesive element is positioned in a first position on the first blade segment. A second blade segment is positioned with the first b...