ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,099, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOBIS Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Rotor assembly with magnets and plate with a protrusion in close contact with the magnet and with a resin portion" was invented by Yong Ho Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Bit Na Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotor assembly includes: a shaft; a rotor core having a through-hole which is formed in an axial direction (A) and into which the shaft is inserted; a magnet inserted into an inner space of the rotor core; and a plate provided in close contact with one side of the rotor core in the axial direction (A). The plate i...