ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,714, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG (Blankenfelde-Mahlow, Germany).
"Electrical machine with an axial air gap for an aircraft" was invented by Anton Rudenko (Unterhaching, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric machine (1) having an axial air gap (S), in particular for an aircraft (2), comprising: a stator (10), a rotor (11) that is rotatable relative to the stator (10), at least one permanent magnet (12A-12D) which, on the rotor (11), is held form-fittingly on a base (111) of the rotor (11) by a holding portion (110) of the rotor (11), and a protective layer (13A-13D) which covers ...