ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,666, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY A/S (Brande, Denmark).

"Mobile lifting apparatus and method and system for transporting a component of a wind turbine" was invented by Peter Andresen (Holstebro, Denmark), Jesper Moeller (Brande, Denmark) and Michell Mirsbach Olsen (Aarhus C, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile lifting apparatus is provided for lifting an, in particular flat, transport frame on which a component of a wind turbine is mounted, in particular for removing or placing at least one self-propelled modular transporter below the transport frame, the lifting apparatus including:...