US Patent Issued to The AES on Oct. 7 for "Pitch motor trolley" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,699, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to The AES Corp. (Arlington, Va.).

"Pitch motor trolley" was invented by Daniel Puffer (Arcade, N.Y.), Eric Slocum (Holland, N.Y.), Bruce Juneau (Chazy, N.Y.), David Laplant (Malone, N.Y.) and Martin Vincent (Chateaugay, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pitch motor trolley and a method for operating a pitch motor trolley are disclosed. Wind turbines use pitch motors to change the pitch of its blade. At times, the pitch motor may need to be replaced, which can be difficult. The pitch motor trolley can move the pitch motor into/out of the hub, and includes a base structure, another structure conn...