ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,959, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to ELDOR CORPORATION S.P.A. (Orsenigo, Italy).
"Electric motor" was invented by Pasquale Forte (Castiglione d'Orcia, Italy), Michele Roman (Noventa di Piave, Italy), Luca Zai (Turin, Italy) and Ruggero Seccia (Turin, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric motor includes a plurality of phases and a switching device. The phases extend between respective terminals and are divided into a plurality of distinct groups, in particular at least a first group and a second group. The switching device is coupled to the first group and is operable to switch an electrical configuration thereof. The ...