ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,107, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc..
"Energy transfer from a drum to a displacement element" was invented by Dirk van Duijn (Katwijk, Netherlands), Frank Edo Bakker (Edam, Netherlands) and Ronald Schrier (Delft, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy transfer apparatus can include an electromechanical gauge having a motor and a displacer connected to the electromechanical gauge by a wire, wherein energy is transferred from the motor of the electromechanical gauge to the displacer using the motor and the wire combined with mechanical drag. A spring may be located between the wire and a ma...