ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,319, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to NEWTECH GROUP Co. LTD. (Jiangsu, China).

"Modular wind turbine blade structure and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Kunlun Tan (Changzhou, China), Yelin Liu (Changzhou, China), Qiuping Du (Changzhou, China), Ning Li (Changzhou, China), Lei Cao (Changzhou, China) and Jian Zhang (Changzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular wind power blade structure and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The structure includes a windward shell, a leeward shell, a T-shaped rib and a support member. The windward shell and leeward shell are assembled relative to each other to fo...