ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,894, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to SkySails Power GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).
"Kite system" was invented by Benjamin Alves (Hannover, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a kite system comprising a kite (14), a line tree (24), a gondola (25), and a towing rope (15). The kite (14) is connected to the gondola (25) via the line tree (24), and the towing rope (15) extends between the gondola (25) and an attachment point (16, 55) installed in the ground. A pulling force which is exerted by the kite (14) during operation is transferred via a towing section (15, 24) which extends from the kite (14) to the attachme...