ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,061, issued on March 18, was assigned to BEVENTUM GMBH (Leipzig, Germany).
"Drive system for interior wind turbines of great heights and performance" was invented by Horst Bendix (Leipzig, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a drive system for interior wind turbines, consisting of a rotatable tower (5) with a rotor mounted at hub height, the generator (16) being located at the foot of the tower (5) on a drive/generator platform (13) and the rotor torque being transferred from above downwards to the generator (16). Particular requirements are placed on such a drive system as the height of the interior wind...