ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,496, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to HIRSCHVOGEL HOLDING GMBH (Germany).

"Rotor shaft, rotor, electrical machine and manufacturing method for a rotor shaft" was invented by Markus Pichl (Boebing, Germany) and Simon Bair (Rottenbuch, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotor shaft (100) for a rotor (132), in particular for an electric machine (130), wherein the rotor shaft (100) has a base shaft (102), and wherein a rotor shaft seat (106) for a plate stack (108) is formed on an outer lateral surface (114, 116) of the rotor shaft (100) in the area of the base shaft (102), wherein the rotor shaft (100) comprises a conical sleeve...