ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,359, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to TEBINA ENERGI AS (Bergen, Norway).

"Windmill construction and a method for assembly of a windmill construction" was invented by Geir Lasse Kjersem (Bergen, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A windmill construction (10), comprising a rotor-nacelle assembly (12) with blades (14), a tower (16), a substructure (20) and a foundation (22). The substructure (20) comprises a first guide collar (24) and a second guide collar (26) for support of the tower (16), said first guide collar (24) being located in a lower part of the substructure (20) and said second guide collar (26) being located in an upp...