ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,945, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to ESS 2 Tech LLC (Bethlehem, Pa.).
"Fluid accelerator" was invented by Michael Suk (Milton, Pa.) and David A. Shoffler (Marion Heights, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turbine wheel may include an inner hub having a central axis, an outer ring concentric with the inner hub, and an intermediate ring concentrically disposed between the inner hub and the outer ring, and a plurality of turbine blades extending between the intermediate ring and the outer ring. The turbine blades may be oriented to be driven by a fluid stream flowing through the turbine wheel to rotate the turbine wheel in a firs...