US Patent Issued to The Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama on Jan. 13 for "Ferrite spoke-type permanent magnet synchronous motor for electric trucks" (Alabama Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,831, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to The Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, Ala.).

"Ferrite spoke-type permanent magnet synchronous motor for electric trucks" was invented by Yang-Ki Hong (Tuscaloosa, Ala.), Hoyun Won (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) and Jonathan Platt (Tuscaloosa, Ala.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various implementations include a six-phase electric motor including an annular stator and a rotor. The stator defines an opening having an inner surface. First and second three-phase sets of concentrated windings are circumferentially spaced along the inner surface of the opening. The first and second sets...