ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,233, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S (Brande, Denmark).

"Carrier plate for a preform manufacturing arrangement for producing a preform element for a wind turbine blade, and 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 carrier plate for a preform manufacturing arrangement for producing a preform element for a wind turbine blade is provided, adapted to receive either a mold element with preform building material on a receiving surface or to dire...