US Patent Issued to Honda Motor on Feb. 11 for "Rotating electric machine system, and combined power system equipped therewith" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,224,646, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Rotating electric machine system, and combined power system equipped therewith" was invented by Manabu Yazaki (Wako, Japan) and Tatsuya Choji (Wako, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a combined power system, a rotating shaft of a rotating electric machine includes a hollow cylindrical outer shaft and an inner shaft inserted into the hollow interior part of the outer shaft. The inner shaft includes a projecting distal end exposed from the outer shaft. On the projecting distal end, a rotational parameter detector, a retaining member and a restraining member ar...