US Patent Issued to Vestas Wind Systems on Jan. 28 for "Tower for an offshore wind turbine comprising a crane and method of manufacturing such a tower" (Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,998, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Vestas Wind Systems A/S (Aarhus N., Denmark).

"Tower for an offshore wind turbine comprising a crane and method of manufacturing such a tower" was invented by Mikkel Moller Madsen (Grenaa, Denmark) and Mikkel Pihl Jensen (Vejle, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a tower (2) for an offshore wind turbine as well as such a tower. The method comprises providing the tower, mounting a crane (5) to an outer surface of the tower, and transporting the tower to the installation site of the wind turbine after the mounting of the crane. The crane comp...