US Patent Issued to BNSF Logistics on April 21 for "Transit bracket assembly for wind turbine tower section" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,167, issued on April 21, was assigned to BNSF Logistics LLC (Dallas).

"Transit bracket assembly for wind turbine tower section" was invented by William Stuart (Conroe, Texas) and Peter W. Stuart (Conroe, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bracket assembly for securing a tower section to a deck includes a lower support bracket, columns, and a pair of upper upper support brackets, which all have vertical plates with circular apertures. Each circular aperture spans at least two tower flange bolt holes. Attachment yokes are inserted into the circular apertures, and each have at least two bolt apertures, which match the bolt holes si...