ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,646, issued on June 24, was assigned to GE Vernova Infrastructure Technology LLC (Greenville, S.C.).

"Method for manufacturing wind turbine tower structure with embedded reinforcement elements" was invented by Xiaopeng Li (Niskayuna, N.Y.), Gregory Edward Cooper (Greenfield Center, N.Y.), Norman Arnold Turnquist (Carlisle, N.Y.) and Christopher James Kenny (Schoharie, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for manufacturing a structure includes a supporting frame assembly moveable in a vertical direction of the structure. Further, the system includes an additive printing assembly secured to the supporting frame assembly. The ad...