ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,360, issued on Jan. 20.
"Direct-drive wind turbine" was invented by Santiago Canedo Pardo (Barcelona, Spain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A direct drive wind turbine comprising a frame (20) mounted on the nacelle (2), a hub (10) with blades (11) rotating about a pivot axis (80), first guiding means (31) and second guiding means (32), one fixed to the frame (20) and the other to the hub (10), first guiding means (31) and second guiding means (32), one fixed to the frame (20) and the other to the hub (10), and coaxial with the axis of rotation (80), and complementary for a guided rotation around the axis of rotation (80) of the hub (1...