ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,105, issued on Aug. 11.
"Horizontally-oriented conical-helical hydrokinetic turbine" was invented by Matthis Herrera (Helotes, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fully-submerged multi-stage Horizontally-oriented Conical-helical Hydrokinetic Turbine that captures water stream flows (river, tidal, deep ocean currents) and funnels this kinetic-rich concentrated flow into a conical turbine system consisting of a rotating arrangement of helical hydrofoil blades wherein the internal stream is forced to exit out through the frustum turbine blade assembly. With a higher Capacity Factor and Power Coefficient than conventional renewables, ...