ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,445,012, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to KINETRON B.V. (Tilburg, Netherlands).

"Microgenerator provided with a clutch system, stand-alone electric device provided with an integrated microgenerator" was invented by Roel Naaijkens (Tilburg, Netherlands), Frans Vromans (Tilburg, Netherlands), Wesley Peijnenburg (Tilburg, Netherlands), Maarten Adrianus Hubertus Hoedjes (Tilburg, Netherlands), Tim Van Stuijvenberg (Tilburg, Netherlands) and Sultan Tahyrovich Jumayev (Tilburg, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a microgenerator of a flat design including a base plate having an external side and an internal side; a stator...