ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,502, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Black & Decker Inc. (New Britain, Conn.).
"Outer-rotor motor assembly" was invented by Tong Zheng (Suzhou, China), Yuming Zhou (Yangzhou, China), Weifeng Qian (Suzhou, China) and Pengcheng Shen (Suzhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brushless direct-current (BLDC) motor is provided including: a stator including a stator core having an aperture extending therethrough and a series of stator windings; and a rotor including a rotor core having a substantially cylindrical body, permanent magnets secured to an inner surface of the rotor core, a rotor shaft extending through the stator, and an ...