ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,522, issued on March 24, was assigned to Revterra Corp. (Houston).

"HTS bearing and flywheel systems and methods" was invented by BenMaan I. Jawdat (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bearing and flywheel system can include a first bearing portion having an opening of a first dimension there through and a central longitudinal axis, a second bearing portion having a second dimension, the second dimension being smaller than the first dimension, and a flywheel coupled to the second bearing portion. The bearing portions can include high-temperature superconductor(s) and/or magnets. The second bearing portion can be disposed at lea...