US Patent Issued to LIFTRA IP on Nov. 18 for "Base for supporting a portable crane and a method for removing a main bearing of a wind turbine" (Danish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,179, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to LIFTRA IP APS (Aalborg SV, Denmark).

"Base for supporting a portable crane and a method for removing a main bearing of a wind turbine" was invented by Per Eske Fenger (Terndrup, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A base for supporting a portable crane for handling components of a wind turbine is described. The base is mountable on the wind turbine, and configured to be switched between a first configuration and a second configuration. In the first configuration the base is configured for being supported by a main bearing of the wind turbine to allow the portable crane to lift a gearbox of t...