US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on July 29 for "Multi-conductivity windings for electric machines" (Michigan, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,946, issued on July 29, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Multi-conductivity windings for electric machines" was invented by Alireza Fatemi (Canton, Mich.), Thomas W Nehl (Shelby Township, Mich.), Anil K Sachdev (Rochester Hills, Mich.), Anthony Michael Coppola (Rochester Hills, Mich.) and Gokhan Cakal (Madison, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric machine includes a stator, a rotor configured to rotate relative to the stator, an air gap between the stator and the rotor, and a conductive winding disposed in the rotor or the stator. The conductive winding includes a first portion having a first...