US Patent Issued to Dr. Ing. h. c. F. Porsche on June 17 for "Joining tool for pressing a disk to a shaft, and rotor shaft for an electric machine" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,783, issued on June 17, was assigned to Dr. Ing. h. c. F. Porsche AG (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Joining tool for pressing a disk to a shaft, and rotor shaft for an electric machine" was invented by Peter Wurster (Kornwestheim, Germany) and Niklas Lamparsky (Leonberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A joining tool (10) is provided for pressing a disk (12) to a shaft (14) that has opposite first and second ends. The first end (18) of the shaft (14) is received in a press table (22) and the second end (24) of the shaft (14) is received in a centering receptacle (26). A press plate (34) axially presses the disk (12) onto the shaft (14...