ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,341,393, issued on June 24, was assigned to Linear Labs Inc. (Granbury, Texas).

"System for an electrical motor with a segmented rotor and a segmented stator" was invented by Fred Eugene Hunstable (Granbury, Texas), Cessar Aguirre (Granbury, Texas) and Erik Hatch (Frisco, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes: a segmented rotor assembly; magnetic elements; and a stator. The segmented rotor assembly includes a set of pole pieces arranged radially about an axis. Each pole piece defines: a rim extending about a periphery of the pole piece; a first recess arranged on a first side of the pole piece; and a second recess arrang...