ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,420, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Prime Datum Development Co. LLC (Canandaigua, N.Y.).

"Cooling tower having thermally managed motor" was invented by Patrick M. Rollins (Canandaigua, N.Y.) and George Lucas (Hammandsport, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to a cooling tower including a cooling tower structure including fill material supported by the cooling tower structure and configured to receive heated process fluid and a motor mounted to the cooling tower structure. The motor includes a casing and a rotatable shaft and is sealed to prevent fluids, moisture, foreign particles and contamina...