US Patent Issued to Schaeffler Technologies on June 24 for "Emotor rotor centering and shipping aid with annular disk and bolt holes" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,341,402, issued on June 24, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Emotor rotor centering and shipping aid with annular disk and bolt holes" was invented by John Ramsey (Mansfield, Ohio), Michael Condo (Clinton, Ohio) and Kolstin Hartzler (Norton, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shipping jig for an e-motor includes a central axis, an annular disk arranged for fixing to a cover of the e-motor, and a cylindrical portion extending axially from the annular disk and arranged for axially and radially positioning a rotor carrier of the e-motor relative to a stator of the e-motor. The annular disk i...