US Patent Issued to Leicon on April 21 for "Floating foundation for wind turbines and method for manufacturing a floating foundation for wind turbines" (Danish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,283, issued on April 21, was assigned to Leicon ApS (Horsens, Denmark).

"Floating foundation for wind turbines and method for manufacturing a floating foundation for wind turbines" was invented by Frederik Rytter (Viborg, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing a floating foundation for a wind turbine, wherein the floating foundation comprises load carrying structures and a plurality of air pontoons attached to the load carrying structures, is disclosed. The method includes cutting one or more fiber-reinforced composite structures, such as wind turbine blades, into a plurality of smaller pieces comprising f...