ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,433, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi, Japan).
"Wind power generation system" was invented by Takuya Nakagawa (Toki, Japan), Shunsuke Suzuki (Nagoya, Japan), Masaya Hikita (Kariya, Japan) and Tsutomu Araki (Okazaki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wind power generation system including a steel tower and a wind power generator is provided. The wind power generation system may include: a plurality of foundations; a steel tower; a wind power generator; and a support structure supporting the wind power generator. The steel tower may include a plurality of main column members extending upward from base ...