ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,696, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Vestas Wind Systems A/S (Aarhus N., Denmark).
"Nacelle for a wind turbine" was invented by Martin Patrick Vcelka (Gjern, Denmark) and Gopi Vellore Babu (Chennai, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a wind turbine nacelle (2, 40) configured for mounting on a wind turbine tower (3), the nacelle comprising a top cover comprising multiple cover elements (41, 42, 43, 44), of which at least one is a dome cover element (44) comprising a dome-shaped part (45); wherein said nacelle has a second configuration in which said dome-shaped part (45) protrudes upwards and a first config...