US Patent Issued to Orsted Wind Power on March 24 for "Method of installing a foundation and a foundation for a structure" (Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,284, issued on March 24, was assigned to Orsted Wind Power A/S (Fredericia, Denmark).

"Method of installing a foundation and a foundation for a structure" was invented by Jens Schupp (Gentofte, Denmark) and Michael Mygind (Fredericia, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method of installing a foundation (1) having a toe (2) which is inserted into a soil (10) until a depth of the toe (2) reaches at least a minimum installation depth threshold (23). During insertion, fluid is jetted from a plurality of nozzles (7) provided at the toe (2) for directing fluid distally into the soil (10) ahead of the toe (2). The jetting of fluid from...