ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,614, issued on July 15, was assigned to BorgWarner Inc. (Auburn Hills, Mich.).
"Rotor for an axial flux motor" was invented by Jan Schmolke (Kirchheimbolanden, Germany), Dietmar Metz (Meckenheim, Germany) and Frank Haase (Markdorf, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a rotor 10 for an axial flux motor 1. The rotor 10 comprises a rotor wheel 100, a plurality of permanent magnets 50 and a holding structure 60. The rotor wheel 100 comprises disk-shaped main body 110 and a plurality of arms 120. The disk-shaped main body 110 defines an inner circumference 111 and an outer circumference 114. The plural...