ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,765, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Toshiba International Corp. (Houston).
"Cooling system and method for sleeve bearing motors" was invented by Scott Johnson (Tomball, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric motor includes: a motor fan located proximate a first end of the electric motor; a sleeve bearing disposed between a rotating portion of the electric motor and a non-rotating portion of the electric motor, the sleeve bearing located proximate a second end of the electric motor opposite the first end; at least one air intake configured to receive an airflow from the motor fan and direct the airflow toward the secon...