ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,289, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Vestas Wind Systems A/S (Aarhus N., Denmark).
"Transmission for a wind turbine" was invented by Christian Bager (Herne, Germany), Tim Niklas Schroder (Dortmund, Germany) and Heiko Schreiber (Doberschau, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transmission which may find particular utility in wind turbine application, but may also be used in other applications. The transmission comprises a fixed gear ring, a first drive member rotationally supported within the fixed gear ring, the first drive member defining a plurality of radially arranged apertures or bores, each of which accommodates a tooth...