US Patent Issued to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC on March 11 for "Magnetic-geared motor with divisional spacers" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,249,889, issued on March 11, was assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Magnetic-geared motor with divisional spacers" was invented by Yuji Takizawa (Tokyo), Haruyuki Kometani (Tokyo), Ryoji Miyatake (Tokyo), Takuro Yamada (Tokyo) and Kenji Tanaka (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a magnetic-geared motor that can suppress eddy current flowing inside a fastening member and reduce power loss. The magnetic-geared motor includes: a stator; a first rotor provided rotatably relative to the stator and including a plurality of magnetic pole pieces and a plurality of spacers disposed so as to be arranged in a circumferen...