ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,485, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Magnetizing device and magnetizing method" was invented by Tokio Taira (Wako, Japan), Shinji Nemoto (Wako, Japan) and Toshitaka Kato (Wako, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a magnetizing device and a magnetizing method, by an auxiliary coil applying an auxiliary magnetic field to a rotor, among a plurality of magnetic bodies, in the case it is assumed that an auxiliary magnetic field is not present therein, a diametrical inwardly directed magnetic flux caused by the auxiliary magnetic field is made to pass with respect to a magnetic body for which there is a ...