ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,060, issued on July 29.
"Power generation system" was invented by Hisakazu Okumura (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a power generation system capable of reducing an outer diameter of a wheel with which an arm mechanism is brought into contact after a rotational speed of a rotation body increases to a first value by applying a large torque to the rotation body until the rotational speed of the rotation body increases to the first value. A power generation system 1 of the present invention is a power generation system in which a cam member 7 is rotated by hydroelectric power or wind power to bring a cam 6 into c...