ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,707, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Magnetic gear device and rotating electrical machine" was invented by Kohei Samata (Tokyo), Takuma Sasai (Tokyo) and Norihiko Hana (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a magnetic gear device and a rotating electrical machine having intermediate cylindrical portions with increased rigidity against radial-direction external forces. In a magnetic gear device and a rotating electrical machine according to the present disclosure, an intermediate cylindrical portion includes: magnetic-pole portions arranged in a circumferential direction; frame-shaped...