ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,344, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to NOVARES FRANCE (Clamart, France).

"Electric motor comprising a cooling fluid deflector" was invented by Cedric Ledieu (Mont Saint Eloi, France) and Julien Brodnik (Loison sous Lens, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The electric motor (1) comprises: -a shaft (2) mounted so as to be able to rotate about an axis (X); -a rotor (10) and a stator (20) received in a housing (30). The shaft (2) is engaged in an aperture in the front wall (32) and an aperture in the rear wall (33) of the housing (30), with a front bearing (37) and a rear bearing (38) being interposed respectively. It comprises an inn...