ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,833, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to ZHONGSHAN BROAD-OCEAN MOTOR Co. LTD. (Zhongshan, China).

"Disc motor with high torque density" was invented by Mingjie Li (Zhongshan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disc motor includes a stator assembly and a rotor assembly. The stator assembly is coupled to the rotor assembly through an axial magnetic field. The rotor assembly includes a rotor core, a first set of magnetic tiles, and a second set of magnetic tiles. The first set of magnetic tiles is disposed on the rotor core along a first circumference and magnetized axially. The second set of magnetic tiles is disposed on the rotor c...