ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,344, issued on July 28, was assigned to BorgWarner Inc. (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Hybrid rotor module with clutch assemblies and cooling of rotor and stator" was invented by Bradley Duane Chamberlin (Pendleton, Ind.), Sven Norbert Altlay (Friesenheim, Germany), Jomon Kaniampalackal (Hockenheim, Germany) and Clemens Burger (Nobelsville, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric machine includes a housing and a stator mounted to the housing. The stator includes a plurality of laminations, a first end turn and a second end turn. A rotor shaft extends through the housing. A hybrid rotor module is coupled to the rotor shaft. The hybri...