ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,617, issued on May 20, was assigned to Kaab Ceesay (Bronx, N.Y.).

"Increasing any vertical axis wind turbines efficiency" was invented by Kaab Ceesay (Bronx, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An effective method to increase the efficiency of any vertical axis wind turbines attached to any stationary objects to generate electricity, Is to attach a reactive-shield system to the turbine. The reactive-shield system is any shield system that can change and align itself with the direction of the wind in real time. The system needs to be stable enough to always make the shield stay in front of the turbine once it is aligned with the wind....