ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,534, issued on June 23, was assigned to E-Circuit Motors Inc. (Needham Heights, Mass.).

"Tapped stator axial motor and drive for extended operating range" was invented by Steven Robert Shaw (Bozeman, Mont.), Eric Ponce (Belgrade, Mont.) and George Harder Milheim (Bozeman, Mont.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotary energy conversion device may include an armature, a first inverter circuit, a second inverter circuit, and at least one switch. The armature may include at least a first winding segment and a second winding segment that are each configured to generate magnetic flux when energized, the second winding segment being connect...