ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,726, issued on Dec. 30.

"4-phase motor and generator device" was invented by Thomas Navarro (Wheat Ridge, Colo.), Zachary J. Navarro (West Minister, Colo.) and Tiffany J. Navarro (Denver).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a novel 4-phase motor and generator device with increased efficiency for generating electrical energy. The device features a stator wall with eight stator slots and four pole groups, and an armature rotatable within the stator wall. The eight stator slots are divided into four pole groups of opposing stator slots, the two opposing stator slots include a N stator slot and a S stator slot. N and S...