US Patent Issued to DRS Naval Power Systems on April 22 for "Method and system for pole retainer with integrated cooling" (New Hampshire, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,283,873, issued on April 22, was assigned to DRS Naval Power Systems Inc. (Milwaukee).

"Method and system for pole retainer with integrated cooling" was invented by Calvin H. Corey III (Scituate, Mass.) and William R. Wink (Brookline, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed apparatus, system, and techniques described herein allow pole retention hardware of the electric motor to also function as a cooling manifold for removing heat generated by the electrical coils. A pole retainer apparatus can include a pole retainer for retaining a pole to a hub. The pole retainer can include a proximal end mounted on the hub and a distal end....