US Patent Issued to Honda Motor on April 29 for "Rotary electric machine with rotor with through holes and magnet insertion holes" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,289,017, issued on April 29, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Rotary electric machine with rotor with through holes and magnet insertion holes" was invented by Manabu Yazaki (Wako, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotor of a rotary electric machine includes a rotor core. The rotor core is a stacked body in which a plurality of electromagnetic steel sheets are stacked. The electromagnetic steel sheet includes an inner annular portion and an outer annular portion. A first insertion hole into which a rotating shaft is inserted is formed in the inner annular portion. A rotor inner diameter is defined as twice a distance fr...