ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,348,116, issued on July 1, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Rotor for an electric motor and electric motor with a rotor" was invented by Marco Eitzert (Schwenningen, Germany) and Soenke Schuch (Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotor for an electric motor includes a rotor core having a radius and a peripheral outer surface. The rotor further includes at least one air deflector element associated with the peripheral outer surface. The at least one air deflector element has at least one slope arranged at a predetermined angle to the radius. The at least one air deflector element is des...