US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on Jan. 21 for "System and method of making a cast induction rotor assembly having conductive bars" (Michigan, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,206,285, issued on Jan. 21, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"System and method of making a cast induction rotor assembly having conductive bars" was invented by Qigui Wang (Rochester Hills, Mich.), John S. Agapiou (Rochester Hills, Mich.), Liang Wang (Rochester Hills, Mich.), Lei Hao (Troy, Mich.), Daniel J. Wilson (Linden, Mich.) and Steven L Burkholder (Archbold, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An induction rotor assembly having conductive bars is provided. The assembly comprises a lamination stack comprising a body having a first end and second ends to define a longitudinal axis. The body has an oute...