US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on Feb. 18 for "Systems and methods to mitigate electrical voltage on a rotating shaft immersed in oil" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,231,007, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Systems and methods to mitigate electrical voltage on a rotating shaft immersed in oil" was invented by Matthew Roman (Glenview, Ill.) and Richard Nye (Glenview, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods to mitigate electrical voltage on a rotating shaft in an oil rich environment exposed to a viscous fluid or immersed in oil are disclosed. An example grounding brush assembly includes a plurality of conductive filaments configured to extend through the viscous medium surrounding the rotating shaft to be in electrical contact with the rot...