US Patent Issued to Orsted Wind Power on Sept. 16 for "Foundation for a structure and method of installing the same" (Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,130, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Orsted Wind Power A/S (Fredericia, Denmark).

"Foundation for a structure and method of installing the same" was invented by Jens Schupp (Gentofte, Denmark) and Jan Pedersen (Fredericia, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foundation (1) for a structure (7) comprising a body (8) having a lateral surface (11) and a distal end (10) for insertion into a soil (2). At least a region of the lateral surface (11) forms a first electrode. One or more second electrodes (9) are provided on the body (8) and are flush with or sit proud of the lateral surface (11). Each second electrode (9) extends tra...