US Patent Issued to BLACK & DECKER on Sept. 8 for "Low profile electric motor" (Maryland, North Carolina, Arizona, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,715, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to BLACK & DECKER INC. (New Britain, Conn.).

"Low profile electric motor" was invented by John B. Fogle (White Hall, Md.), Kevin L. Pulley (White Marsh, Md.), Mark J. Clementi (Mint Hill, N.C.), James M. Nobis (Waxhaw, N.C.), Shailesh P. Waikar (Perry Hall, Md.), David M. Kelly (Olmsted Township, Ohio), Nathaniel K. Byrne (Columbia Station, Ohio) and Timothy A. Clapp (Queen Creek, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric power apparatus includes a main planar body having a circular opening that supports a brushless direct-current (BLDC) motor. The motor includes a stator, a rotor, a motor ...