ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,363, issued on April 14, was assigned to CSIC Shanghai Marine Energy Saving Technology Development Co. LTD (Shanghai).

"Ventilation and heat dissipation apparatus of wind-assisted rotor" was invented by Fengshan Guo (Shanghai), Youhua Wu (Shanghai), Yuzhu Zhu (Shanghai), Zhenyu Huang (Shanghai), Zan Wu (Shanghai), Haochao Xia (Shanghai), Shaofeng Chen (Shanghai) and Lu Zhao (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ventilation and heat dissipation apparatus of a wind-assisted rotor includes a cylinder, a top cover, and a rain shielding plate. The top cover is disposed at the top of the cylinder and covers the top of the cylinder, a...