ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,026, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to EOLPOWER INVESTMENTS S.R.L. (Naples, Italy).
"Apparatus for producing electrical energy from water currents" was invented by Domenico Coiro (Pozzuoli, Italy), Salvatore Bruno (Maddaloni, Italy), Giancarlo Troise (Naples, Italy) and Guido Lazzerini (Buitenwatersloot, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus (10) for producing electrical energy comprising a device (11) for converting the kinetic energy of a water current into electrical energy and provided with a first float (12) on the sides of which there is positioned a plurality of casings (13) equipped with turbines (14) which ...