ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,063, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to HUANENG CLEAN ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Beijing).

"Floating column spoiler structure, floating column, and floating wind turbine" was invented by Yiming Zhou (Beijing), Xin Liu (Beijing), Yutong Guo (Beijing), Jianjun Chen (Beijing) and Xiaohui Guo (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A floating column spoiler structure, a floating column and a floating wind turbine are provided. The floating column spoiler structure includes multiple spoiler plates and lifting and unfolding assemblies connecting each of the spoiler plates and a column. Each of the lifting and unfolding assemblies includes a ...