US Patent Issued on April 1 for "Single and twin turbine fluid stream energy collection and conversion devices" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,649, issued on April 1.

"Single and twin turbine fluid stream energy collection and conversion devices" was invented by Clifford J. McIlvaine (St. Charles, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid turbine assembly includes a circular housing, one or more turbines placed inside the housing and configured to rotate about a rotational axis, the turbine including a rotor and a plurality of blades which protrude from an outer surface of the rotor, a funnel assembly configured to collect and compress fluid stream energy through a fluid inlet opening, and an intake ducting part of the funnel configured to direct the collected fluid strea...