US Patent Issued to PROSTO WIND POWER on Feb. 11 for "Hydraulic continuous variable speed system having hydraulic and pneumatic speed controls and a method of use" (New Jersey, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,221,952, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to PROSTO WIND POWER (Nutley, N.J.).

"Hydraulic continuous variable speed system having hydraulic and pneumatic speed controls and a method of use" was invented by Douglas S. Hirsh (Skaneateles, N.Y.) and Radovan Hrinda (Clark, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydraulic continuous variable transmission is provided to connect a wind turbine and a generator. The hydraulic continuous variable transmission has a primary paddle wheel and a number of secondary paddle wheels for macro speed control. Also provided are pneumatic paddle wheels for micro speed control. A controller is included that meas...