ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,837, issued on Jan. 13.

"Stress control coating for high voltage conductor insulation" was invented by Aleksandr Iosifovich Khazanov (Brownsville, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conductor and method of fabricating a conductor for a high voltage rotating machine. The conductor includes a conductor stack and conductor insulation surrounding the conductor stack. The conductor insulation includes a stress control coating. The stress control coating includes an inner layer including semiconducting paint, a middle layer including semiconducting tape, and an outer layer including semiconducting paint."

The patent was filed on July ...