ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,367, issued on July 28, was assigned to Reps-Tirol GmbH (Wattens, Austria).

"Device and system for converting mechanical energy into electric energy" was invented by Alfons Huber (Innsbruck, Austria) and Stephan Plattner (Arzl im Pitztal, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for converting mechanical energy into electric energy. A first magnet is arranged above a second magnet and in a manner movable in the direction of the second magnet. The same poles of the first magnet and the second magnet are aligned with each other. A first coil has windings and an inner space formed by the windings. The first coil receives the firs...