US Patent Issued to HYDROKINETIC ENERGY on July 15 for "Hydroelectric/hydrokinetic turbine and methods for making and using same" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,649, issued on July 15, was assigned to HYDROKINETIC ENERGY CORP (Key West, Fla.).

"Hydroelectric/hydrokinetic turbine and methods for making and using same" was invented by Walter Schurtenberger (Key West, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The application relates to unidirectional hydrokinetic turbines having an improved flow acceleration system that uses asymmetrical hydrofoil shapes on some or all of the key components of the turbine. These components that may be hydrofoil shaped include, e.g., the rotor blades (34), the center hub (36), the rotor blade shroud (38), the accelerator shroud (20), annular diffuser(s) (40), the wild...