US Patent Issued to ROLLS-ROYCE on Nov. 3 for "Excitation system" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,235, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to ROLLS-ROYCE plc (London).

"Excitation system" was invented by Matthew De Brett (London) and Christoph W Schwingshackl (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is a non-contact excitation system for a spin rig comprising: a plurality of test piece elements for attachment to a test piece for rotation about an axis of rotation of the spin rig; and a plurality of exciter elements arranged around the axis of rotation, wherein the test piece elements and the exciter elements are magnetically attractive; wherein the test piece elements and/or the exciter elements comprise magnets; and whe...