ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,952, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to GE Vernova Infrastructure Technology LLC (Greenville, S.C.).

"Couplings and auxiliary components for wind turbines, and associated methods" was invented by Gerardo Herce Gil De Muro (Barcelona, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is related to couplings for mechanically connecting an auxiliary component to a wind turbine tower. The couplings comprise a mounting bracket configured to be mounted on a shaft of the auxiliary component, and a tower interface configured to be arranged at an outside of the wind turbine tower and comprising a first fastener hole. The couplings f...