ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,107, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S (Aarhus N, Denmark).
"Correcting pitch angle" was invented by Johnny Nielsen (Svenstrup J, Denmark), Jens Van Schelve (Oporto, Portugal), Goncalo Lucas Marcos (Cascais, Portugal), Dan Hilton (Gjern, Denmark) and Kristian Kiib (Skodstrup, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of correcting a pitch angle deviation of a blade of a wind turbine is provided. First blade load measurements measured when the wind turbine was operating in a first operational mode are provided, and used to determine calibration parameters. Second blade load measurements measured when the...