US Patent Issued on July 28 for "Apparatus having electric-field actuated generator for powering electrical load within vicinity of powerlines" (North Carolina, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,322, issued on July 28.

"Apparatus having electric-field actuated generator for powering electrical load within vicinity of powerlines" was invented by Steven J. Syracuse (Parker, Colo.) and Chad D. Tillman (Matthews, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus in which electric power is generated for an electrical load from differentials in electric field strengths within a vicinity of powerlines includes: a plurality of electrodes separated and electrically insulated from one another for enabling differentials in voltage resulting from differentials in electric field strength experienced there at; and electrical components ele...