ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,547, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Thrust magnetic bearing with cooling structure" was invented by Hisato Sumitomo (Osaka, Japan), Shouhei Yamasuso (Osaka, Japan) and Yuji Nakazawa (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thrust magnetic bearing includes a coil formed by winding a conductive wire, and a core that houses the coil. The core is provided with a refrigerant inlet and a refrigerant outlet. A refrigerant flow path connecting the refrigerant inlet and the refrigerant outlet is provided between the coil and the core. The refrigerant flow path is formed so that a refrigerant f...