ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,958, issued on July 29, was assigned to Innomotics GmbH (Nuremberg, Germany).
"Cage rotor with support element" was invented by Christian Bauer (Gnotzheim, Germany), Konrad Brandl (Thalmassing, Germany), Markus Klopzig (Ebermannstadt, Germany) and Klaus Schleicher (Nuremberg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cage rotor of an asynchronous machine includes a magnetically conductive body having substantially axially running slots with conductors connected to end faces of the magnetically conductive body in an electrically conductive manner by short circuit rings. The short circuit rings have an outer side, an inner side, a front...