ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,310, issued on May 6, was assigned to TERASUN Co. Ltd. (Yokohama, Japan).

"Floating platform, anchor container structure, floating structure, and installation method for installing floating platform on water" was invented by Hideki Terasawa (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A floating platform (2) includes: a floating structure (3) configured to support a tower (1) and placed on water by means of taut mooring; an anchor container structure (4) including a plurality of containers (17); and a plurality of tethers (5) connecting the floating structure (3) and the anchor container structure (4). Each of the containers (17) ...