ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,502, issued on Nov. 3.
"Permanent magnet motor assembly for heat rejection equipment" was invented by Larry Burdick (Olathe, Kan.), Jerome Jennings (Overland Park, Kan.), Robert Lewis (Overland Park, Kan.) and Glenn Brenneke (Lee's Summit, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A permanent magnet (PM) motor is provided to facilitate air movement through heat rejection equipment. The PM motor has a body, an upper bearing housing positioned on and extending upwardly from a top surface of the body, a shaft connected to and extending from the upper bearing housing and in communication with a fan, and a lower bearing housing positioned on and ...