ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,646,991, issued on June 2, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOBIS Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Segmented stator core" was invented by Yong Ho Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Jin Woo Choi (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a stator core applied to an electric motor, and more particularly, to a stator core design having improved cooling performance. In the segmented stator core of the present disclosure, since the coil inside the slot having a temperature higher than that of the end coil is cooled, the risk of damaging the insulating portion may be reduced, and since both the end coil and the coil in...