ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,776, issued on Sept. 9.

"Self-regulating small wind turbine generator system and method" was invented by Daniel F. Marsh (San Antonio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A small turbine generator is connected to a wind turbine. The wind turbine spins freely due to a variable wind force on the wind turbine. The generator includes a spinning rotor that is responsive and spins proportional to spin of the wind turbine. A stator is connected to an actuator. The stator is selectively moved by the actuator nearer to or further from the rotor to vary the electrical power generated. Movement of the stator is controlled such that an electrical mea...