ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,728, issued on June 17, was assigned to INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION JEJU NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (Jeju-si, South Korea).

"Vertical-axis-type wind turbine equipped high-temperature superconducting generator with batch impregnation cooling structure using cryogen" was invented by Ho Min Kim (Jeju-si, South Korea), Ji Hyung Kim (Jeju-si, South Korea), Yoon Seok Chae (Jeju-si, South Korea) and Sa Il Park (Jeju-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a vertical axis wind turbine equipped with a high-temperature superconducting generator having a batch impregnation cooling structure.The vert...