US Patent Issued to VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS on Nov. 4 for "Wind turbine yawing system with multiple mechanical braking levels" (Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,618, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S (Aarhus N, Denmark).

"Wind turbine yawing system with multiple mechanical braking levels" was invented by Niels Henrik Pedersen (Aarhus, Denmark), Jens-Kristian Egsgaard Langkjaer (Aarhus, Denmark), Julio Xavier Vianna Neto (Skodstrup, Denmark), Soren Dalsgaard (Hadsten, Denmark) and Jesper Lykkegaard Neubauer (Hornslet, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and computer program products for controlling a yaw system of a wind turbine. The yaw system includes mechanical brakes that provide a first amount of braking torque when closed. The yaw system is co...