ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,549,044, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Equipmake Ltd (Snetterton, Great Britain).
"Rotor for a permanent magnet electrical machine" was invented by Angel Asorey Blazquez (Norwich, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotor (2) for a permanent magnet electrical machine comprises a hub (10) having a central rotational reference axis, and first and second sets (4,6) of rotor segments (60). Each segment includes at least one permanent magnet (20), with the permanent magnets of the first set offset in the circumferential direction relative to the permanent magnets of the second set, and an engagement portion (16) shaped to enga...