ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,463, issued on Aug. 12.
"Articulated-wing power generation" was invented by John Steiner (Boise, Idaho).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy generation system to generate energy from a fluid flow, the energy generation system including an extendable arm that extends into a fluid flow, a fin connected to one end of the extendable arm and causing, due to the fluid flow, the extendable arm to move from a first orientation within the fluid flow to a second orientation within the fluid flow, and a joint connected to a second end of the extendable arm that couples the extendable arm to an energy generator."
The patent was filed on May ...