ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,297, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to ENAIRON AB (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Fluid flow converter with support arrangement" was invented by Daniel Ehrnberg (Steninge, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for converting rotation into fluid flow and/or fluid flow into rotation. The apparatus comprises a coiled fluid conduit having an inlet and an outlet, a support arrangement holding the coiled fluid conduit such that the inlet is higher/lower the outlet, a first fluid separator configured to receive batches of first fluid and batches of second fluid output from the outlet of the coiled fluid conduit and separate the first f...