ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,525, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Raytheon Co. (Tewksbury, Mass.).

"Axial flux electric machine with non-axisymmetric stators" was invented by Scott D. Nielsen (Sahuarita, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus is provided that is configured as or otherwise includes an axial flux electric machine. This axial flux electric machine includes a plurality of rotors, a plurality of stators and a shaft rotatable about an axis. The rotors are disposed axially along the axis and are mounted to the shaft. Each of the rotors includes a plurality of rotor magnets. The stators are axially interspersed with the rotors along the ax...