ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,587,065, issued on March 24, was assigned to GIG Energy LLC (Provo, Utah).

"Energy conversion device, associated systems and methods" was invented by Jon Woodward (Mapleton, Utah), Craig Allan Coad (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) and Hal Parks (Litchfield Park, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy conversion device may include a shaft including a first portion and a second portion wherein the first portion of the shaft is configured to rotate relative to the second portion of the shaft. A rotor may be coupled to the first portion of the shaft and a stator may be coupled to the second portion of the shaft. A first one-way bearing may be...