ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,413,128, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Herzel Laor (Boulder, Colo.).

"Smooth skipping and rolo-skip electrical motors" was invented by Herzel Laor (Boulder, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A skipper motor comprising: a stator and a rotor; a plurality of N greater than two electromagnets mounted to the stator or to the rotor, each of the electromagnets comprising a core having at least one contact surface, wherein the at least one contact surface of any of the cores is rotatable about a same first axis of rotation with a same first radius of rotation into substantial congruence with at least a portion of the at least one contac...