US Patent Issued to Vestas Wind Systems on July 8 for "Tool assembly for tensioning tower bolts of a wind turbine tower" (Danish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,773, issued on July 8, was assigned to Vestas Wind Systems A/S (Aarhus N., Denmark).

"Tool assembly for tensioning tower bolts of a wind turbine tower" was invented by Rasmus Sanderhoff Johansen (Horning, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool assembly (1) for tensioning tower bolts (12) of a wind turbine tower is disclosed. The tool assembly (1) comprises a connecting arrangement (2, 13, 14) configured to connect the tool assembly (1) to a part of a wind turbine tower, and a tool holding part (3) arranged to hold a tool (5) for tensioning tower bolts (12). The tool holding part (3) is attached to the connecting arrangement (2,...