US Patent Issued to Hydrocean on Aug. 19 for "Underwater kinetic flow systems and methods for generating hydroelectric energy" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,315, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Hydrocean Inc (San Diego).

"Underwater kinetic flow systems and methods for generating hydroelectric energy" was invented by Christopher Enos (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, devices, and methods for creating a kinetic flow of water for generating hydroelectric energy are disclosed. The energy generation system can be located in a body of water, such as an ocean location. The energy generation system can include an inlet manifold, a turbine assembly that communicates a kinetic flow to one or more turbines, a chamber having an air void that receives the kinetic flow, and an exh...