US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on March 4 for "Axial flux electric machine including cooling fins projecting from casing to spaces between windings on stator cores" (American, Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,244,177, issued on March 4, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Axial flux electric machine including cooling fins projecting from casing to spaces between windings on stator cores" was invented by SeungHwan Keum (Northville, Mich.), Jian Yao (Shanghai) and Yusheng Zou (Northville, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An axial flux electric machine includes a casing, stator cores, windings, and fins. The casing has a hollow cylindrical shape with an inner radial surface and an outer radial surface. The stator cores are spaced circumferentially along the inner radial surface of the casing. The windings are wrap...