ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,391, issued on June 3, was assigned to WAVETAMER LLC (Greenville, N.C.).
"Gyroscopic boat roll stabilizer" was invented by Grady F. Smith (Greenville, N.C.), David Holden (Davidson, N.C.) and Jeffrey Peterson (Mooresville, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gyroscopic roll stabilizer comprises a gimbal having a support frame and enclosure configured to maintain a below-ambient pressure, a flywheel assembly including a flywheel and flywheel shaft, one or more bearings for rotatably mounting the flywheel inside the enclosure, a motor for rotating the flywheel, and bearing cooling system for cooling the bearings supporting the flywhee...