ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,781, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to AUDI AG (Ingolstadt, Germany).

"ESM with reduced torque ripple" was invented by Florian Bittner (Gaimersheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an externally excited synchronous machine (ESM) with reduced torque ripple, a rotor designed for the excited synchronous machine, and a method for production of the rotor."

The patent was filed on Oct. 16, 2023, under Application No. 18/487,954.

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