ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,791, issued on June 24.
"Wind turbines" was invented by Nicholas Hodges (West Bountiful, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are examples of devices which include a vertical axis wind turbine configured to receive wind from 360deg. The vertical axis wind turbine includes a top portion with a circular geometry, a body portion with a conical geometry and an aperture formed in the center of the body portion to allow wind egress. Vanes, a top portion, and a body portion define channels configured to increase velocity of incoming wind via tapering of the volume of the channel as the channel approaches a central axis of th...