ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,499, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Dual-rotor motor" was invented by Min Ho Chae (Incheon, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dual-rotor motor includes an inner rotor and an outer rotor sequentially disposed in a radial direction, a stator disposed between the inner motor and the outer rotor, and a variable reluctance core configured to vary a magnetic-path formed state of the stator according to physical displacement thereof."
The patent was filed on Oct. 2, 2023, under Application No. 18/375,821.
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