ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,229, issued on July 22, was assigned to Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S (Brande, Denmark).
"Tightening device" was invented by Benjamin Heins (Bremerhaven, Germany) and Boy Dario Kraemer (Cuxhaven, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tightening device for a wind turbine configured to fasten and/or tighten a plurality of fasteners to a fastening target object, wherein the fasteners are arranged in a circle. The tightening device includes a center bearing unit for allowing the rotation of the tightening device about a center axis, a torque unit for applying torque on the fasteners to fasten and/or tighten the fasteners to the ...