US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on April 21 for "Axial flux motor structure using magnetic levitation force and rotational force" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,595, issued on April 21, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Axial flux motor structure using magnetic levitation force and rotational force" was invented by Hyung Kwan Jang (Uijeongbu-si, South Korea), Hoo Dam Lee (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Gyeong Sik Choe (Seoul, South Korea), Byung Ho Min (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Tae Gyu Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An axial flux motor structure uses a magnetic levitation force and a rotational force and includes a stator configured so that a coil unit is wound therearound, a permanent magnet unit configured...