ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,431, issued on June 2.
"Rotor configuration" was invented by John Neibling (Sandy, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present technology is directed to the design and relative placement of a plurality of rotor vanes against which a directional fluid flows thereby exerting a force against the vanes and rotating the vanes in a desired direction. The plurality of vanes is disposed about a central axis such that when the fluid exerts its force against the vanes the vanes rotate continuously about the central axis."
The patent was filed on Feb. 7, 2023, under Application No. 18/106,983.
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