ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,886, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Rotor and method for producing a rotor" was invented by Jerome Ragot (Munich) and Robert Schmidt (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a rotor, in particular for a current-excited synchronous machine, comprising a rotor main body which has a plurality of rotor teeth, the rotor teeth being wound with a conductor material in order to form a winding, the conductor material having conductor ends which, in order to produce an electrical connection, are pressed axially against a stop via a contact element, and the contact element or t...