ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,719, issued on June 17, was assigned to ITREC B.V. (Schiedam, Netherlands).
"Installation of a wind turbine on a floating foundation" was invented by Diederick Bernardus Wijning (Schiedam, Netherlands) and Joop Roodenburg (Schiedam, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an installation of a wind turbine on a floating foundation in floating condition and subject to sea-state induced motions, e.g. at the site of an offshore windfarm, use is made of a vessel with a crane arranged on the hull and provided with a hoisting system adapted to support the weight of the wind turbine and suspend the wind turbine from the crane. A heave ...