ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,154, issued on July 21, was assigned to ITREC B.V. (Schiedam, Netherlands).
"Offshore wind turbine assembly vessel" was invented by Diederick Bernardus Wijning (Schiedam, Netherlands) and Joop Roodenburg (Schiedam, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a crane for assembly and installation of offshore wind turbines on an offshore location, to a vessel for assembly and installation of offshore wind turbines on an offshore location, and to a method for assembly and installation of offshore wind turbines on an offshore location. According to the invention the crane is provided with a base section and a top ...