ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,609, issued on May 20.
"High-mass hydro rotor for hydroelectric power generation" was invented by Leonard Van Haecke (Silver Lake, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A run-of-the-river hydroelectric generating plant is disclosed, in which river water is diverted downstream, used in the hydroelectric generation process, and sent back to the river. A high-mass, large diameter hydro rotor for hydroelectric power generation is disclosed. A large diameter circular horizontal water flow, the desired water flow regime, is created to float and rotate the high-mass hydro rotor, which is coupled to a turbine shaft. Extremely high torque and a...