US Patent Issued to GM Global Technology Operations on March 31 for "Reluctance assisted axial flux electric motor" (Chinese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,596, issued on March 31, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Reluctance assisted axial flux electric motor" was invented by Vincent Fedida (Shanghai), Alan G. Holmes (Clarkston, Mich.), Chengwu Duan (Shanghai) and Jian Yao (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotor for mounting on a rotational axis in an axial flux electric motor includes a ferromagnetic rotor core. The rotor also includes a plurality of alternating south and north pole permanent magnets (PMs) arranged on the ferromagnetic rotor core symmetrically around the rotational axis and facing the stator. The ferromagnetic rotor core include...