ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,415, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Akzo Nobel Nederland B.V. (Arnheim, Netherlands).

"Process for coating a magnet for a rotor" was invented by Arash Shaghaghi (Lohfelden, Germany), Sarah Giersberg (Kaufungen, Germany), Thomas Gohmann (Heppenheim, Germany), Udo Baumheier (Soest, Germany) and Birgit Buchmann (Arnsberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a process for coating a magnet to be inserted into a pocket of a rotor comprising the steps of providing a permanent magnet, and applying a dry powder coating comprising a prepolymer, a hardener, at least one functional filler and a blowing agent. In o...