ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,197, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to DEME Offshore BE NV (Zwijndrecht, Belgium).

"Device and method for offshore arranging of a wind turbine or components thereof" was invented by Dieter Wim Jan Rabaut (Ghent, Belgium) and Jan Maria Koen Michielsen (Antwerp, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described is a device for offshore arranging of a wind turbine or components thereof on a foundation present at sea. The device includes an elongate superstructure connected releasably to the foundation and extending between a lower surface and an upper surface thereof in the vertical direction from the foundation. The superstructure has ...