US Patent Issued to SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY on April 22 for "Wind turbine blade, a wind turbine and a method for manufacturing a wind turbine blade" (Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,641, issued on April 22, was assigned to SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY A/S (Brande, Denmark).

"Wind turbine blade, a wind turbine and a method for manufacturing a wind turbine blade" was invented by Allan Hurup (Nibe, Denmark), Michael Nauheimer (Aalborg, Denmark), Mogens Nielsen (Aalborg, Denmark), Michael Noerlem (Svenstrup, Denmark) and Wei Sun (Gistrup, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wind turbine blade for a wind turbine is provided, the wind turbine blade including: an electrical conductor for conducting lighting strikes towards a hub of the wind turbine, a fiber sock fully enclosing the electrical conductor when seen...