ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,051, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Cummins Generator Technologies Ltd. (Peterborough, Great Britain).
"Rotor cooling" was invented by Robert Rolston (Peterborough, Great Britain), Anand Odedra (Peterborough, Great Britain), Jonathan Nutt (Peterborough, Great Britain) and Abhinav P. Tobin (Peterborough, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotor (10) for a rotating electrical machine is disclosed. The rotor comprises a plurality of salient poles (12) and rotor windings (22, 24) wound on the salient poles. A cooling vent (26) is provided through the rotor windings, the cooling vent extending through the rotor windings in...