ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,893, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to PP ENERGY APS (Nordborg, Denmark).

"Wind turbine blade maintenance platform" was invented by Jesper Ankjaer Pedersen (Kolding, Denmark), Lars Martensen (Sonderborg, Denmark), Peter Moos Junker (Kolding, Denmark) and Jesper Juhl Christensen (Middelfart, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wind turbine blade maintenance platform (8) including a frame having a blade access area (20) structured and arranged to accommodate blade (6) of a wind turbine, a tower end (18), and a front end (19), and sealing means (21) structured and arranged to contact the blade (6) is described. Such a platform sho...