ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,482, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to EATON INTELLIGENT POWER Ltd. (Dublin).

"Internally pressurized electric motor" was invented by Mikhail Goykhman (Reseda, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric motor can automatically generate an internal pressure around conductor windings of the stator. The electric motor can be used on an electric aircraft or other application having variable atmospheric pressure. The electric motor includes a fan configured to blow the gas into a flow path to generate increased internal pressure about the conductor windings. The fan may be mounted to the rotator of the electric motor. The flow pat...