ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,772, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to BRUSS SEALING SYSTEMS GMBH (Hoisdorf, Germany).
"Shaft earthing ring with a metal support having a ventilation opening" was invented by Bjoern Lindener (Luebeck, Germany), Juergen Grundt (Neumuenster, Germany), Manfred Brand (Tremsbuettel, Germany), Samuel Neumann (Ahrensburg, Germany), Matthias Spitz-Valentiner (Hamburg, Germany) and Tobias Saberniak (Luebeck, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shaft earthing ring for establishing an electrical potential connection between a rotating shaft and a housing of an electric motor comprises an electrically conductive earthing element which ha...