ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,036, issued on May 27, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Electric power generating device" was invented by Takuya Matsumoto (Okazaki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The electric power generating device includes a first generator, a differential gear mechanism provided between a blade and the first generator, a first ring gear connected to the first generator, and a case that rotates integrally with the first ring gear about a first axis. The differential gear mechanism includes a pinion shaft that rotatably supports a pair of pinion gears about a second axis perpendicular to the first axis. The differential ...