US Patent Issued to Vestas Wind Systems on March 24 for "Method for lifting or lowering components to or from a location on an off-shore wind turbine generator and handshake-tool for use in the method" (Danish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,460, issued on March 24, was assigned to Vestas Wind Systems A/S (Aarhus N., Denmark).

"Method for lifting or lowering components to or from a location on an off-shore wind turbine generator and handshake-tool for use in the method" was invented by Adrian Botwright (Sabro, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In order to allow for a safe and cost-efficient lifting of components (1) from a service vessel (2) to a location on an off-shore wind turbine generator (3) or lowering of components from a location on an off-shore wind turbine generator to a service vessel a method involving the use of a handshake-tool (10) is provided my me...