ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,230, issued on July 22, was assigned to SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY A/S (Brande, Denmark).
"Monitoring of blades in wind turbines" was invented by Lars Oliver Bernhammer (Pamplona, Spain) and Purim Ladpli (Stovring, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for detecting a status of a rotor blade for a wind turbine, the rotor blade including at least an aerodynamic device for influencing the airflow, the aerodynamic device being movable between a first and a second configuration, the method including the steps of: measuring an output signal measured by at least one sensor installed on the wind turbine, moving the aerodynami...