ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,587,073, issued on March 24, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOBIS Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Mounting structure of ground ring of motor" was invented by Goon Chul Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a mounting structure of a shaft ground ring of a motor in which a second contact part of the ground ring is inserted into a hole positioned in a rotating shaft, thus making the ground ring be in contact with an inner circumferential surface of the rotating shaft to transfer an axial current occurring in a rotor to a motor housing."

The patent was filed on Oct. 2, 2023, under Application No. 18/375,678.

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