ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,944, issued on Dec. 16.
"Power generation apparatus" was invented by Eugene Giannotta (Naples, Fla.) and Joseph Miller (Magnolia, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power generation apparatus includes a wind turbine unit including a first end and having one or more wind turbine blade units rotatably carried therein which are activated to rotate by wind/airflow moving therethrough. Each of the one or more turbine blade units is operably connected to a generator to generate electricity when the one or more wind turbine blade units rotate. An inlet funnel is axially aligned with the first end of the wind turbine unit when in an oper...