US Patent Issued to Syddansk Universitet on Dec. 30 for "Method and a system for tracking motion of a blade" (Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,053, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Syddansk Universitet (Odense, Denmark).

"Method and a system for tracking motion of a blade" was invented by Morten Hartvig Hansen (Augustenborg, Denmark) and Rene Lynge Eriksen (Glamsbjerg, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system is for tracking motion of a wind turbine blade. A blade motion tracking system is for installation on a wind turbine blade with a blade root and tip. The system has at least one light module with at least a first light source, preferably adapted to emit light in the blade root direction. An optical measuring device at the blade root may receive ligh...