US Patent Issued to E-Circuit Motors on Nov. 3 for "Method and apparatus for optimal positioning of rotor and stator in an axial flux machine" (Montana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,497, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to E-Circuit Motors Inc. (Needham Heights, Mass.).

"Method and apparatus for optimal positioning of rotor and stator in an axial flux machine" was invented by Steven Robert Shaw (Bozeman, Mont.), George Harder Milheim (Bozeman, Mont.) and Eric Ponce (Belgrade, Mont.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In accordance with one example method, at least a first operational parameter of a rotary energy conversion device may be measured, and a value of a function that is based at least in part on the first operational parameter may be determined. A relative position of a rotor component and a stator component o...