ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,355,325, issued on July 8, was assigned to HYPERLOOP TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Los Angeles).

"System, electromagnetic actuator and track for braking" was invented by Yingjie Li (Los Angeles), Arbi Gharakhani Siraki (Los Angeles), Rachel Ozer (Los Angeles), Shahriyar Beizaee (Los Angeles) and Erik Johnson (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system (100), electromagnetic actuator (102) and track (101) for braking are provided. The actuator (102) includes pole portions (109) extending from back-iron portions. Respective longitudinal axes (104) of the pole portions (109) are arranged about parallel to one another and about perpendicular to...