ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,761, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Paul Steranka (Seattle).

"Centrifugal gyroscopic devices, and associated systems and methods" was invented by Paul Steranka (Seattle) and Michele S. Sapuppo (Andover, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Centrifugal gyroscopic devices are described herein. A representative device can include a shaft, an arm coupled to the shaft, a rotor coupled to the arm, and a control system operably coupled to the shaft, the arm, and/or the rotor. The shaft is rotatable about a first axis and the arm is configured to rotate with the shaft. The arm is pivotable about a second axis and the rotor is configured to...