ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,676, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Nordex Energy SE & Co. KG (Hamburg, Germany) and Nordex Energy Spain S.A.U. (Barasoain, Spain).

"Wind turbine and method for controlling the same" was invented by Johannes Rieke (Hamburg, Germany), Antonio Torrese Elizondo (Pamplona, Spain), Jacob Laborenz (Hannover, Germany), Jan Gellermann (Hamburg, Germany), Edwin van Solingen (Norderstedt, Germany), Edurne Miranda Suescun (Mutilva, Sweden), Alberto Garcia Barace (Pamplona, Spain), Joerg Schwarte (Rostock, Germany), Jan-Erik Manitz (Hamburg, Germany), Fabian Buessis (Hamburg, Germany) and Gritt Prokriefke (Rostock, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademar...