ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,160, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to SINN Power GmbH (Gauting, Germany).
"Framework and load-bearing structures constructed from it" was invented by Philipp Sinn (Gauting, Germany), Dominik Schwaiger (Gauting, Germany) and Patrick Boscher (Gauting, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Framework structure and method for modular construction of an offshore framework structure comprising frameworks with a first bar functioning as a floating body, a second bar, with two posts for parallel support of the bars and two bands for tensioning the framework. A connection element is arranged at each end of the bars, each of which has a sing...