ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,224,113, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to UT-Battelle LLC (Oak Ridge, Tenn.).
"Wireless excitation system" was invented by Tsarafidy Raminosoa (Oak Ridge, Tenn.), Jason L. Pries (Oak Ridge, Tenn.), Randy H. Wiles (Oak Ridge, Tenn.) and Jonathan P. Wilkins (Oak Ridge, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system is provided for transferring power between a stator and a rotor of an excitation system. The stator and the rotor may form part of a rotary transformer that includes a primary winding and a secondary winding, where power is transferred from the primary winding to the secondary winding or conversely from the secondary winding to...