ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,597, issued on March 31.

"Wind channelling and directing structures" was invented by Piyush Vasantrai Joshi (Leicester, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A structure (1) for channelling and directing incident wind is described. The structure includes a hollow pipe (2) having a downstream end (2a) that defines at least one outlet and an upstream end (2b). A rotatably mounted intake (4) is positioned at the upstream end (2b) of the pipe (2) and is adapted to direct incident wind into the pipe."

The patent was filed on July 5, 2021, under Application No. 18/007,220.

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