US Patent Issued to Honda Motor on Dec. 9 for "Rotating electric machine system, and combined power system equipped therewith" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,691, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Rotating electric machine system, and combined power system equipped therewith" was invented by Naoki Ito (Wako, Japan), Yuichiro Mitsui (Wako, Japan) and Tatsuya Choji (Wako, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotating electric machine system includes a rotor. The rotor includes permanent magnets and a rotating shaft. In a rotary electric machine housing, a rotor internal oil passage is formed. A portion of lubricating oil supplied to each of a first bearing and a second bearing is diverted and made to flow through the rotor internal oil passage. The rotor inte...