ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,323,022, issued on June 3, was assigned to WEPOWER TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Sagaponack, N.Y.).

"Tangentially actuated magnetic momentum transfer generator" was invented by David Deak (Head Of The Harbor, N.Y.), Michael Joseph Riddell (Glastonbury, Conn.) and Lawrence Richenstein (Sagaponack, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, devices for a tangentially actuated magnetic momentum transfer generator, and methods of use thereof, are provided. In an aspect, the generator includes a plurality of turns of wire forming a coil, a rotating magnet positioned in the coil, at least one stationary magnet positioned about the coil, and a slider mova...