US Patent Issued to FISHER & PAYKEL APPLIANCES on Oct. 20 for "Axial flux motor for a laundry machine" (New Zealander Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,771,221, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to FISHER & PAYKEL APPLIANCES Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).

"Axial flux motor for a laundry machine" was invented by Matheus Alexandre Bevilaqua (Auckland, New Zealand), Graham Croxford (Auckland, New Zealand), David Richard Dudley Tinson (Auckland, New Zealand), Wagner Hoffmann (Auckland, New Zealand), Todd William Buchanan (Auckland, New Zealand), Eric Mayamaya Naling (Auckland, New Zealand) and Werner Morgenrood (Auckland, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a axial flux permanent magnet synchronous motor for use in a washing machine, comprising: a stato...