US Patent Issued to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND on Sept. 1 for "Switched reluctance electric machine" (Connecticut, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,726,067, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Switched reluctance electric machine" was invented by Jagadeesh K. Tangudu (South Windsor, Conn.), Andreas C. Koenig (Rockford, Ill.), Suman Dwari (Vernon, Conn.) and Todd A Spierling (Rockford, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aircraft electric machines are described. The aircraft electric machines include a laminated rotor operably connected to a shaft, the laminated rotor comprising a plurality of rotor teeth and air gaps defined between adjacent rotor teeth about a circumference of the laminated rotor, a modular stator assembly comprising at ...