ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,360, issued on July 22, was assigned to Libertine FPE Ltd (York, Great Britain).
"Power coupling for free piston mover" was invented by Samuel Edward Cockerill (York, Great Britain) and Matthew Viele (Florissant, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A linear electro-mechanical system comprising: a stator including at least first and second stator electronic circuits or groups of circuits; a free piston mover movable in a reciprocating motion relative to the stator, the free piston including: a piston surface; a translator configured so that an electromagnetic force may be applied on the free piston mover by one or more of the stator ...