ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,439, issued on July 14, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Mixed bar and wire conductor combinations for stators of high-speed electric motors" was invented by Mohammad F. Momen (Rochester Hills, Mich.), Mazharul Chowdhury (Canton, Mich.), Alexander Forsyth (Windsor, Canada) and Yilun Luo (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Presented are electric machines with both bar and wire conductors, methods for making/using such machines, and vehicles equipped with such machines. An electric machine, such as a traction motor or electric generator, includes an outer housing, a stator fixedly mounted to ...