US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on July 1 for "System for reducing bearing currents in an electric machine" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,348,106, issued on July 1, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"System for reducing bearing currents in an electric machine" was invented by William T. Ivan (Shelby Township, Mich.), Alireza Fatemi (Canton, Mich.) and Rajeev Vyas (Rochester Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric machine including a stator, a rotor within the stator, and a shaft to which the rotor is mounted. The shaft extends through the stator. A first bearing and a second bearing support the shaft within the stator to allow the shaft and the rotor to rotate within the stator. The rotor is between the first bearing and the seco...