ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,433, issued on May 6, was assigned to SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY A/S (Brande, Denmark).
"Transport apparatus" was invented by Johnny Soerensen (Videbaek, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transport apparatus for use in the transport of a heavy structure includes a shape-adjustable adapter realized to adjust between an initial shape and a mating shape; and an actuator configured to effect a change in shape of the shape-adjustable adapter into its initial shape to facilitate positioning of the adapter relative to the structure; and to effect a change in shape of the shape-adjustable adapter into its mating shape to engage t...