ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,831, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to CHINA THREE GORGES Corp. (China) and CHINA THREE GORGES RENEWABLES (GROUP) Co. LTD. (China).

"Offshore wind power single pile-friction wing composite foundation and construction method therefor" was invented by Wei Wang (Beijing), Junyi Yan (Beijing), Jianping Liu (Beijing), Zechao Zhang (Beijing) and Guangming Yu (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An offshore wind power single pile-friction wing composite foundation is provided, which includes a single pile and a friction wing being connected to the single pile through the force-conducting pipe, the tapered transition section of the single ...