ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,265, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to KEYSTONE TOWER SYSTEMS INC. (Denver).
"Wind turbine tower attachment" was invented by Eric D. Smith (Denver) and Loren Daniel Bridgers (Golden, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems, and methods are directed to mounting an auxiliary component to a tower based at least in part on a force distribution in which a normal force is greater than a shear force exerted by the auxiliary component on a shell of the tower such that the auxiliary component may be held in place relative to the tower without penetrating the shell of the tower. Thus, as compared to mounting techniques requiring...