ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,026, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Wobben Properties GmbH (Aurich, Germany).

"Method for controlling a wind power installation" was invented by Enno von Aswege (GroBefehn, Germany), Ulf Schaper (Staffhorst, Germany) and Henry Muhlenbrock (Hinte, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for control of a wind power installation which is connected to an electrical supply network and which has a rotor with rotor blades which are adjustable in terms of their blade angle, is able to be operated at a variable speed and is prepared for generating an installation power from wind, wherein a blade angle control is provided for adj...