US Patent Issued to Schaeffler Technologies on May 27 for "Axial flux machine comprising mechanically fixed stator cores having radially extending sheet metal segments" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,165, issued on May 27, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Axial flux machine comprising mechanically fixed stator cores having radially extending sheet metal segments" was invented by Holger Witt (Buhl, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An axial flux machine has an annular stator and two rotor elements mounted rotatably relative to the stator about an axis of rotation. A first rotor element is arranged axially adjacent to a first end face of the stator and a second rotor element is arranged axially adjacent to a second end face of the stator. The stator has a plurality of stator cores...