US Patent Issued to Crowley New Energy on March 17 for "Methods of securing a vessel during transportation, off-loading, and installation of wind turbine components" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,942, issued on March 17, was assigned to Crowley New Energy Inc. (Jacksonville, Fla.).

"Methods of securing a vessel during transportation, off-loading, and installation of wind turbine components" was invented by Bruce Harland (Seattle) and Charles Jors (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of transporting a first vessel having wind turbine components to an offshore installation vessel. The method includes (i) securing the first vessel to a second vessel using a first tow line attached to a front end (or bow) of the first vessel, and (ii) securing the first vessel to a third vessel using a second tow line attached to a b...