ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,957, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to HSP Hochspannungsgerate GmbH (Troisdorf, Germany).

"Electrically isolating tuned mass damper" was invented by Kamran Khan (Toronto).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes an electrical component, an insulating support structure supporting the electrical component at a first electrical potential higher than an electrical ground potential, and an insulating pendulum having a proximal end attached to the electrical component and suspended away from the electrical component to at least partially span the first electrical potential, the insulating pendulum further includes a tuned mass disp...