ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,100, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to MITSUBA Corp. (Gunma, Japan).
"Rotor, motor, and method for manufacturing rotor" was invented by Ryo Ohori (Gunma, Japan), Koji Yonekawa (Gunma, Japan) and Takeshi Kanai (Gunma, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotor is provided with: a rotor core (32); a plurality of permanent magnets (33); a substantially tubular magnet cover (71); and a load reception block (70). The rotor core (32) rotates integrally with a rotary shaft of a motor. The permanent magnets (33) are arranged on the outer peripheral part of the rotor core (32). The magnet cover (71) covers the exterior of the plurality of ...