ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,231,004, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. KG Wurzburg (Germany).

"Rotor for an electric motor and electric motor" was invented by Saliba Ok (Wurzburg, Germany) and Kevin Koch (Furth, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotor of an electric motor, in particular for a power steering system, including a rotor shaft, which is directed in an axial direction, and a number of rotor cores, which are arranged coaxial to each other along the rotor shaft, and an intermediate ring arranged between two rotor cores arranged adjacent to each other in the axial direction, which intermediate ring holds the adjacent rot...