ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,332, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to GACHON UNIVERSITY OF INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

"Back-yokeless magnetic-bearing-integrated motor" was invented by In-Jun Yang (Seoul, South Korea), Seong Hyeon Go (Geoje-si, South Korea), Won-Ho Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Kwang-Soo Kim (Wonju-si, South Korea), Dong-Hoon Jung (Wonju-si, South Korea) and Seung-Hyeon Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The following disclosure relates to a back yokeless magnetic bearing-integrated motor, and in particular, to a back yokeless magnetic bearing-integrated motor in which a back yoke is ...