US Patent Issued to Nordex Energy, Nordex Energy Spain S.A.U. on May 27 for "System for lifting a wind turbine rotor blade" (German, Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,215, issued on May 27, was assigned to Nordex Energy SE & Co. KG (Hamburg, Germany) and Nordex Energy Spain S.A.U. (Barasoain, Spain).

"System for lifting a wind turbine rotor blade" was invented by Felix Warzok (Meissen, Germany) and Mikel Salaberri (Cordovilla, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for lifting a wind turbine rotor blade, including a wind turbine rotor blade, a lifting device having a sling, the sling supporting the wind turbine rotor blade at a longitudinal position where the wind turbine rotor blade has an aerodynamic profile, a leading edge and a profile chord arranged horizontally, and a leading edge pro...