ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,294, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Duplicent LLC (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"Power transmission system" was invented by Curren Emmett Krasnoff (Santa Monica, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power transmission assembly includes a base, a rotating frame rotatably coupled to the base and configured to rotate about an axis, an output shaft coupled to the rotating frame, a weight selectively repositionable relative to the rotating frame, and a weight actuator configured to reposition the weight relative to the rotating frame to move the weight from a subtraction position located at a first height to an addition position locate...