ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,686, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to HUAWEI DIGITAL POWER TECHNOLOGIES Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).

"Axial motor, powertrain, and electric device" was invented by Jining Hou (Shanghai), Chaojie Shi (Dongguan, China) and Hua Lan (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An axial flux motor includes a motor shaft, a double-row angular contact ball bearing, and a stator. The double-row angular contact ball bearing is sleeved on the motor shaft and is fixedly connected to the motor shaft through a bearing inner ring of the double-row angular contact ball bearing. The stator is sleeved on the motor shaft through the double-row angular cont...