ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,461, issued on March 24.
"Floating offshore wind turbine apparatus and installation method" was invented by Jason C. Fabre (Houston), E. John Greeves (Houston), Philip S. Rundle (Houston) and Ian R. Todd (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An offshore floating wind turbine apparatus provides a pair of spaced apart hull sections with a space between the hull sections. One or more gantries each connect to the hull sections. The one or more gantries are spaced apart and connected to the hull sections with pivotal or universal joint connections. A wind turbine tower has upper and lower end portions. The wind turbine tower has a lowe...