ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,646, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S (Brande, Denmark).

"Mold arrangement for producing a preform element of a wind turbine blade" was invented by Anette Struve Nielsen (Galten, Denmark) and Mogens Nielsen (Aalborg, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mold arrangement for producing a preform element of a wind turbine blade includes a mold carrier and a plate- or tray-like mold element arranged at the mold carrier with a form defining mold surface adapted to receive preform building material, a first heating device arranged below the mold element for heating the preform building material from ...