ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,772, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Richardson Electronics Ltd. (LaFox, Ill.).
"Ultracapacitor pitch energy module" was invented by Jeremy Winston Wilks (LaFox, Ill.), John Raymond Curran (LaFox, Ill.) and Brian Christopher Gumino (LaFox, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pitch energy module comprising one or more ultracapacitors storing electrical energy for a wind turbine emergency pitch energy event. The pitch energy module replaces at least one battery within a battery housing of a wind turbine and interfaces with the existing battery wiring harness to communicate with a control system of the wind turbine. The pitch ener...