ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,294,279, issued on May 6, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Motor" was invented by Hyung Kwan Jang (Uijeongbu-si, South Korea), Hoo Dam Lee (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Gyeong Sik Choe (Seoul, South Korea), Byung Ho Min (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Tae Gyu Lee (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor that is a wound field synchronous motor and includes a rotor and a stator. The rotor includes a plurality of winding portions configured to have a preset cross-section for generating a uniform effective air gap. The winding portions are spaced from each other a pre...