ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,163, issued on May 20.
"Methods of manufacturing permanent magnets by additive manufacturing" was invented by Jean-Michel Lamarre (Boucherville, Canada) and Fabrice Bernier (Montreal, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed towards a method of manufacturing a permanent magnet such that the magnet defines a channel for allowing circulation of a coolant through the permanent magnet, or defines a channel for allowing circulation of the coolant through an interface between the permanent magnet and a substrate. Magnets made by this method may be useful for manufacturing and/or operating a machine, such as ...