ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,286, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to HYDRO-FLUX AQUA PRODUCTS Ltd. (Birstall, Great Britain).
"Turbine assembly" was invented by Doug Burnham (Birstall, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turbine assembly for a generator including a rotor that is operable to rotate about an axis; and a thrust absorbing member, wherein fluid is operable to enter the turbine assembly generally axially with regard to the axis of rotation of the rotor and to exit the turbine generally radially with regard to the axis of rotation of the rotor. The fluid is operable to contact the thrust absorbing member prior to contacting the rotor."
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