US Patent Issued to SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY on March 11 for "Sliding roof system for a nacelle" (Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,544, issued on March 11, was assigned to SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY A/S (Brande, Denmark).

"Sliding roof system for a nacelle" was invented by Jacob Christiansen (Lunderskov, Denmark) and Kenneth Svendsen (Silkeborg, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nacelle for a wind turbine includes a nacelle roof and a first wind turbine component, wherein the nacelle roof is configured to cover the first wind turbine component, the nacelle roof including a first sliding section and a second sliding section, wherein the first sliding section and/or the second sliding section is configured to slide over at least a part of the surface ...