ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,356, issued on July 22, was assigned to E-Circuit Motors Inc. (Needham Heights, Mass.).
"Housing for axial flux motor assemblies" was invented by George Harder Milheim (Bozeman, Mont.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disclosed apparatus includes a housing for an assembly of an axial flux machine, the assembly including at least a stator, a rotor, and bearings attached to the rotor. The housing is configured to support and locate the bearings and the stator within pockets that are open on one side to allow the assembly to be inserted into the housing in a direction perpendicular to a rotational axis of the rotor."
The patent was file...