US Patent Issued to Research Foundation of the City University of New York on Dec. 16 for "Energy storage system using ballistic balls" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,481, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Research Foundation of the City University of New York (New York).

"Energy storage system using ballistic balls" was invented by John-Thones Amenyo (Jamaica, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy facility that generates energy using ballistic optimized hydro-electricity. The facility sends a plurality of specialized balls from a lower storage reservoir to an upper storage reservoir. The balls fall through a drop-down system and into a power generation system with a generator and a turbine. Ballistic impacts of the balls on the turbine generate electricity before the balls are returned t...