US Patent Issued to Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy Innovation & Technology on July 8 for "Wind turbine blade integrating a lightning protection system" (Spanish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,243, issued on July 8, was assigned to Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy Innovation & Technology S.L. (Sarriguren, Spain).

"Wind turbine blade integrating a lightning protection system" was invented by Victor March Nomen (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wind turbine blade integrating a lightning protection system is provided. The wind turbine blade includes one spar cap formed by carbon plates stacked together; and a first down-conductor placed alongside the tip region of the spar cap, and a second down-conductor placed alongside the root region of the spar cap. The first down-conductor extends from the spa...