US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Nov. 11 for "Rotor assembly having a containment ring for an electric motor" (Utah, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,102, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Rotor assembly having a containment ring for an electric motor" was invented by Matthew Schmitt (Salt Lake City) and Devan James Anderson (Taylor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotor assembly for an electric motor includes a rotor core, a plurality of magnets, and a rotor core mold member. The rotor core defines a rotor bore and a plurality of cavities distributed about the rotor bore and extending through the rotor core. The plurality of magnets are disposed in the plurality of cavities. The rotor core mold member extends through the pl...