US Patent Issued to Vestas Wind System on Nov. 3 for "Method for controlling transfer of a suspended load between an offshore wind turbine and a floating vessel" (Danish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,364, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Vestas Wind System A/S (Aarhus N., Denmark).

"Method for controlling transfer of a suspended load between an offshore wind turbine and a floating vessel" was invented by Rasmus Sanderhoff Johansen (Horning, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and a system (1) for controlling transfer of a suspended load (2) between an offshore wind turbine (3) and a floating vessel (4) are disclosed. Movements, relative to the floating vessel (4), of a load (2) suspended in a hoisting mechanism (6, 15) and/or of a hooking part (9) of the hoisting mechanism (6, 15), are detected. A position and/or incl...