US Patent Issued to Vestas Wind Systems on Aug. 12 for "Connection joint for a split wind turbine blade" (British, American, Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,465, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Vestas Wind Systems A/S (Aarhus N., Denmark).

"Connection joint for a split wind turbine blade" was invented by Nathan A. Brilliant (Arvada, Colo.), Lasse Lykkegaard (Herning, Denmark) and Leon Barton (Newport, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A split wind turbine blade includes a connection joint for coupling a first and a second blade portion together. At least one of the blade portions includes electrically conductive material, and a hole formed in an end surface of the blade portion. A portion of the electrically conductive material is revealed on a surface of the hole. The conn...