ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,081, issued on June 30.
"Laminated universal effort machine" was invented by Timothy Wayne Andrews (Chula Vista, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An effort machine comprising a pair of shafts, an energy conversion unit traversed by the shafts, and a timing apparatus. The energy conversion unit includes an inlet, an outlet, a first disc joined to the first shaft to rotate in a first direction with the first shaft, a second disc joined to the first shaft to rotate in a second direction opposite the first direction with the second shaft. The timing apparatus is coupled to the shafts to maintain rotation of the first disc and the se...