US Patent Issued to The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on Oct. 21 for "Systems and methods for refurbishment of motor generators" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,778, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Keyport, Wash.).

"Systems and methods for refurbishment of motor generators" was invented by Nicholas J Bankus (Poulsbo, Wash.), Joel S Galles (Poulsbo, Wash.), Alexander R. N. Read (Bremerton, Wash.) and Derek L Mikesell (Silverdale, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided to refurbish a commutator in-place without disassembly of a motor generator. The disclosed system may include a drive/brake system for controlling the rotation of the commutator during the refurbishment process, and a mult...