ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,106, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG (Mulfingen, Germany).
"Switching disk for contacting windings with a printed circuit board" was invented by Manuel Walter (Schwaebisch Hall, Germany), Tobias Letter (Bad Mergentheim, Germany) and Madlene Schmidt (Igersheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switching disk for contacting windings of a stator of an electric motor, which windings are arranged around an axis of rotation, with a printed circuit board of the electric motor, wherein the switching disk has an annular support structure circumferentially extending around the axis of rotation and m...