ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,346, issued on July 14, was assigned to Aktiebolaget, SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Grounding brush assembly with improved electrical conductivity properties" was invented by Samuel Viault (Saint-Antoine-du-Rocher, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A grounding brush assembly including a grounding brush and a mounting plate configured to axially and radially retain the brush, the brush providing a support and a plurality of electrically conductive fibers mounted in the support. The mounting plate is at least partially coated with an electrically conductive coating."

The patent was filed on Nov. 5, 2022, under Application No. 17/981,...