US Patent Issued to University of Maryland, Baltimore County on March 24 for "Floating hybrid darrieus-savonius tidal/wave/wind harvesting system" (Maryland Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,459, issued on March 24, was assigned to University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Baltimore).

"Floating hybrid darrieus-savonius tidal/wave/wind harvesting system" was invented by Meilin Yu (Ellicott City, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A floating hybrid tidal/wave/wind energy harvesting system is described, wherein the system is based on vertical axis turbines for synergized tidal, wave and wind energy production. The system is self-starting and can continuously, and simultaneously, harvest wind and tidal energy in a wide range of wind and tidal current speeds."

The patent was filed on April 22, 2024, under Application No. 18...