US Patent Issued to DENSO on May 13 for "Rotor having end magnet fixed by fixing member" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,301,058, issued on May 13, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).

"Rotor having end magnet fixed by fixing member" was invented by Masanori Ozaki (Kariya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotor includes a rotor core having magnet-receiving holes formed therein, permanent magnets embedded respectively in the magnet-receiving holes of the rotor core, and an annular end magnet. The rotor is configured to generate both magnet torque by the permanent magnets and reluctance torque by outer core portions located on a radially outer side of the permanent magnets in the rotor core. The end magnet is provided at a position facing axial...