ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,386, issued on July 15, was assigned to SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY A/S (Brande, Denmark).
"Assembly of a jacket structure" was invented by Mark Reinders (The Hague, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Assembling a jacket structure that includes two or more legs and crossing braces extending between the legs and forming cross joints. A first component of the jacket structure includes two or more legs and brace structures. Each brace structure includes a first brace and a second brace, sections of the first and second braces being at one end attached to the first leg at respective first and second leg-brace joints. The brac...