ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,268, issued on June 30, was assigned to E-Circuit Motors Inc. (Needham Heights, Mass.).
"Raxial flow fan for cooling of axial flux machine and drive" was invented by George Harder Milheim (Bozeman, Mont.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A centrifugal fan, positioned in a gap between a first surface and a second surface, includes blades extending in a radial direction and a baffle attached to the blades, the baffle being configured and arranged (i) to cause cooling fluid to be drawn into one or more first openings on a first axial side of the centrifugal fan that faces the first surface, thereby generating a first flow of cooling fluid ...