US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on July 22 for "Rotor grounding system with sacrificial bearing" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,267, issued on July 22, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Rotor grounding system with sacrificial bearing" was invented by Sen Jiang Zhou (Troy, Mich.), Jack M Gayney (Grosse Ile, Mich.) and Alireza Fatemi (Canton, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotor grounding system for an electric machine includes a rotor including a shaft assembly configured to rotate about an axis. A housing supports the shaft assembly for rotation of the rotor. A bearing assembly has an outer circumference disposed against the shaft assembly. A discharge bar extends through at least a part of the bearing assembly. The beari...