US Patent Issued to BRIGGS & STRATTON on July 7 for "Hybrid power supplies" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,608, issued on July 7, was assigned to BRIGGS & STRATTON LLC (Wauwatosa, Wis.).

"Hybrid power supplies" was invented by Melissa Schnur Erickson (Pewaukee, Wis.), Andrew John Joestgen (Oak Creek, Wis.), Bryce Metcalf (New Berlin, Wis.), Andre Molinaro (Wauwatosa, Wis.) and Michael D. Pitcel (Waukesha, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid power supply includes an engine configured to rotate a crankshaft, a generator including a rotor and a stator, the rotor coupled to and configured to rotate with the crankshaft to generate alternating-current power, a generator controller including a converter configured to convert the alternat...