ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,355,307, issued on July 8, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Generator with integrated shipping fixture" was invented by Noah Kee (Rittman, Ohio) and Kolstin Hartzler (Norton, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A generator module includes a housing arranged for fixing to a combustion engine, a stator fixed in the housing, and a rotor rotatable within the stator. The housing includes a first conical surface and a first through hole, and the rotor includes a rotor support flange having a second conical surface and a second threaded hole. The second threaded hole is arranged for receiving a thre...