US Patent Issued on Oct. 21 for "Solar energy directed to a cylinder containing a propeller used to generate electricity" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,953, issued on Oct. 21.

"Solar energy directed to a cylinder containing a propeller used to generate electricity" was invented by Warren Arthur Burtis (San Geronimo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An elevated or ground level vertical cylinder houses one or more propellers and/or turbines that are rotated by heated air convection within or around or above the cylinder. The rotating shafts of the propellers generate electricity in an area at the bottom of or below the cylinder. For added, improved air flow directions and volumes; and, for stabilization of the rotating shaft or shafts, a cone structure is disposed below the cylin...