ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,489, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to BorgWarner Inc. (Auburn Hills, Mich.).
"Electric motor" was invented by Benedikt Hummel (Zweibrucken, Germany), Silvio Koch (Kirchheimbolanden, Germany) and Thomas Ramb (Worms, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric motor has a stator, a rotor surrounding the stator, a shaft connected to the rotor in a rotationally fixed manner, and a housing. The housing has first and second housing components, which together enclose a motor compartment in which are arranged the stator and the rotor. A cooling channel extends in an interior space surrounded by the stator. A first end of the shaft is ...