ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,635, issued on July 15, was assigned to NOVARES FRANCE (Clamart, France).
"Rotor for an electric motor provided with rod sensors" was invented by Cedric Ledieu (Mont Saint Eloi, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotor for an electric motor includes a rotor shaft mounted for rotation about an axis; a lamination stack coaxially mounted on the rotor shaft, the lamination stack having internal cavities; permanent magnets housed inside the internal cavities of the lamination stack; and at least one flange mounted axially on the rotor shaft. The at least one flange includes at least one rod extending axially inside an orifice formed ...