ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,335, issued on June 3, was assigned to PUNCH FLYBRID Ltd. (Silverstone, Great Britain).

"Sealing system" was invented by Andrew Deakin (Silverstone, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus comprising: a flywheel mounted on a flywheel shaft; a bearing arrangement on which the flywheel shaft is supported; a gearing arrangement for torque coupling the flywheel to a drive member; a sealing arrangement; and a housing for containing the flywheel, bearing and gearing arrangements, the gearing arrangement being arranged to be in torque transmitting engagement with the flywheel, via the flywheel shaft, and having an engagemen...