ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,007, issued on Sept. 15.
"Ultra-micro gas turbine generator" was invented by Beni Cukurel (Kibbutz Nahsholim, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel structural arrangement for the various components of an Ultra-Micro Gas Turbine Generator, based on a single part impeller element which comprises the compressor, the turbine and the electrical generator core in a single annular structure, produced as a single piece by an additive manufacturing process. The single annular structure has a hollow shell structure, with a supporting structure within in. The internal hollow space of the shell structure provides for a flow of cooling a...