ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,331, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).
"Motor-generator, power generation apparatus, and mobility device" was invented by Akira Sakamoto (Kariya, Japan), Keisuke Kawai (Kariya, Japan), Yuichi Handa (Kariya, Japan) and Syuya Kamizono (Kariya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a motor-generator configured to use no flywheel connection to an internal combustion engine, an inner stator is provided. An outer rotor is arranged to surround the inner stator. The outer rotor is connected to the internal combustion engine without a flywheel and is configured to reduce noise due to at least one of torque ripp...