ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,283, issued on July 8, was assigned to Spinning Reserve LLC (Cut Off, La.).
"Marine vessel with flywheels for providing electrical power and stabilizing angular rotation of the marine vessel" was invented by Jan Mikalsen (Covington, La.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A marine vessel may include thrusters, an electrical system, and multiple flywheels (i) to supply electrical power to the electrical system and (ii) to stabilize marine vessel roll and/or pitch angle. A flywheel controller may be configured to control electrical power output from the flywheels to the electrical system, and control axis of rotation of one or more rotors of...