US Patent Issued to BNSF Logistics on April 1 for "Modular systems and methods for transporting tower assembly of wind turbine" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,263,776, issued on April 1, was assigned to BNSF Logistics LLC (Dallas).

"Modular systems and methods for transporting tower assembly of wind turbine" was invented by Evan Keller (Houston), Marco A. Poisler (Houston) and Joseph M. Sindelar (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method are used for transporting a plurality of tower sections of a wind turbine on beds of transport devices, such as flat railcars. Supports affix at support locations on beds to accommodate at least one of the tower sections on each of the transport devices. The supports can include bed supports, such as tabs, extending from the beds, and can incl...