ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,437, issued on July 7.
"Wind turbine tower elevator with tower belt" was invented by Donald Hollis Gehring (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wind turbine tower elevator with tower belt includes a first tower rail, a second tower rail, an elevator, a first jacking system, a second jacking system, a first locking system, a second locking system, and a multi-section belt. The first tower rail and the second tower rail guide the movement of the elevator along a wind turbine tower. The elevator facilitates the transportation of turbine blades and the nacelle. The elevator also retains the first jacking system, the second jacking sy...