US Patent Issued to Electric Torque Machines on Sept. 8 for "Electric motor" (Minnesota, Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,732,076, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Electric Torque Machines (Minneapolis).

"Electric motor" was invented by Jarrod C. Drexler (Monticello, Minn.), Douglas S. Ryder (Buffalo, Minn.) and Tyler K. Williams (Flagstaff, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric motor includes a rotor and a stator that includes a plurality of coils arrayed along a rotational axis of the rotor. The rotor is potted with potting compound. The stator is potted with potting compound. Each coil of the stator is electrically connected to a power source to receive operating power from the power source. The coils are powered to cause the stator to elect...