ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,165, issued on April 21.
"Venturi wind power" was invented by Alan Nixon (Estevan, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wind-powered energy generation system has a venturi with an air inlet adapted to receive a wind stream, an air outlet, a restriction between the air inlet and the air outlet, and a fluid port in fluid communication within the restriction. A fluid line is connected to the fluid port such that a low-pressure force generated within the restriction applies a vacuum force to the fluid line. An energy conversion device converts the vacuum force into motive energy."
The patent was filed on Nov. 1, 2024, under Applicat...