ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,916, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to VEEM Ltd. (Australia).

"Gyrostabiliser assembly" was invented by Paul Douglas Steinmann (Canning Vale, Australia), Michael John Andrewartha (Canning Vale, Australia) and John Bradley Miocevich (Canning Vale, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gyrostabiliser assembly for a marine vessel comprising: a housing defining a chamber for supporting at least a partial vacuum; a flywheel mounted within the chamber for rotation about a spin axis at the partial vacuum; a flywheel shaft upon which the flywheel is supported and mounted in the housing for rotation of the flywheel about the spin axis,...