ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,903, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to GE Vernova Infrastructure Technology LLC (Greenville, S.C.).
"System and method for manufacturing a tower structure" was invented by Christopher James Kenny (Schoharie, N.Y.), Norman Arnold Turnquist (Carlisle, N.Y.), Pascal Meyer (Burnt Hills, N.Y.), Biao Fang (Clifton Park, N.Y.), Juan Pablo Cilia (Delmar, N.Y.), Xiaopeng Li (Niskayuna, N.Y.) and Collin McKee Sheppard (Greenville, S.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method are provided for manufacturing a tower structure. Accordingly, a first printed layer of a wall element is deposited with a printhead assembly, and an actual mi...