ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,809, issued on May 13, was assigned to SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY A/S (Brande, Denmark).

"Control system for aligning a nacelle of a wind turbine with a target yaw angle" was invented by Martin Folmer Andersen (Copenhagen, Denmark), Thomas Esbensen (Herning, Denmark), Carla Hagler (Vejle, Denmark), Samuel Hawkins (Vejle, Denmark), Oscar Ramirez Requeson (Vallensbaek Strand, Denmark) and Ryan A. Sievers (Lyons, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wind turbine, a method and a control system for aligning a nacelle of a wind turbine with a target yaw angle is provided, wherein the control system includes a detection device config...