ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,572, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY A/S (Brande, Denmark).

"Method for repairing a root of a rotor blade of a wind turbine" was invented by Erik Dahl Andersen (Vildbjerg, Denmark), Kristian Fjordgaard (Vejle, Denmark), Kenneth Oestergaard Mortensen (Vejle, Denmark), Winnie Noeddebo (Herning, Denmark), Christian Pausgaard (Vejle, Denmark), Michael Gaasvig Seremet (Vejle, Denmark) and Soeren Vinther (Herning, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a method for repairing a root of a rotor blade of a wind turbine, the root including several bores for receiving a bolt and extending form the ...