ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,493, issued on March 18, was assigned to INFINITUM ELECTRIC INC. (Round Rock, Texas).
"System and apparatus for segmented axial field rotary energy device" was invented by Bernhard L. Schuler (Austin, Texas), Rich Lee (Liberty Lake, Wash.) and Jorgen Rasmussen (Otis Orchards, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An axial field rotary energy device can include a rotor comprising an axis of rotation and a magnet. In addition, a stator can be coaxial with the rotor. The stator can include a plurality of stator segments that are coupled together about the axis. Each stator segment can include a printed circuit board (PCB) having a PCB l...