US Patent Issued to Vestas Wind Systems on Dec. 16 for "Device for reducing oscillations in a wind turbine blade during standstill and method of using same" (Danish, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,945, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Vestas Wind Systems A/S (Aarhus N., Denmark).

"Device for reducing oscillations in a wind turbine blade during standstill and method of using same" was invented by Payam Javadian (Aarhus N, Denmark) and Balachandar Mahalingam (Coimbatore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool (14) for reducing vibrations in wind turbine blades at scheduled standstill for example during turbine installation or service, the tool comprising an elongate flow-disrupting flexible sleeve (15) for fitting over a blade tip and extending part-way along its length having a tip end which in use overlies a blade tip w...