US Patent Issued to Gravity Energy on July 21 for "Recirculating hydro-pneumatic impulse turbine" (Australian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,145, issued on July 21, was assigned to Gravity Energy Pty Ltd (North Haven, Australia).

"Recirculating hydro-pneumatic impulse turbine" was invented by Kevin Robert Bartolo (North Haven, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A recirculating hydro-pneumatic impulse turbine including a collector assembly including a central draft tube extending therebelow, the collector assembly including a collector plate having a generally horizontal upper surface and being configured such that the draft tube is in fluid communication with the upper surface, there also being a series of peripherally arranged drive cups about the upper surface. Th...