US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on March 4 for "Thermal connection system for a stator core of an axial flux electric motor" (Chinese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,244,178, issued on March 4, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Thermal connection system for a stator core of an axial flux electric motor" was invented by John S. Agapiou (Rochester Hills, Mich.), Jian Yao (Shanghai), Zhen Gao (Shanghai) and SeungHwan Keum (Northville, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An axial flux electric motor includes a housing including an inner surface and a stator fixedly mounted in the housing. The stator includes a plurality of stator segments each supporting a winding, an inner support member defining a central passage, and an outer annular member constraining the plurality of ...