# William Stanley, Jr. — Patents explained on PatentBrief

William Stanley, Jr. has 1 landmark patent explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [William Stanley Jr.'s Early Alternating Current Transformer System](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/349611/transformer-stanley) — granted 1886
  An 1886 patent describing an early design for an electrical transformer that helped make alternating current power distribution practical for homes and businesses.

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