ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,533, issued on April 14, was assigned to BorgWarner Inc. (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Rotor assembly for an electric machine" was invented by Kevin Patrik Geimer (Homburg, Germany), Henning Scheel (Neuhemsbach, Germany) and Tim Weiland (Worms, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a rotor assembly for an electric machine. The rotor assembly comprises a rotating shaft, a rotor and a fluid cooling system. The rotor is fixed to the rotating shaft. The rotor comprises a rotor core, a first end plate and a second end plate. The first end plate is provided at a first axial end of the rotor core. The second en...