ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,782, issued on June 17, was assigned to ABB SCHWEIZ AG (Baden, Switzerland).
"Grounding brush assembly" was invented by Elio Perigo (Raleigh, N.C.), Stefan Rakuff (Raleigh, N.C.), Rajib Mikail (Raleigh, N.C.), Graham Medlin (Raleigh, N.C.) and Christopher Scott (Raleigh, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device may include a first end, a second end, and a coupler configured to extend through an aperture from a first side to a second side of a motor cover. The coupler includes a head portion, a conduit portion extending from the head portion towards the second end, and a first bore axially extending through the coupler. The device...