US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on June 9 for "Power systems having rotor-mounted fan blades" (Wisconsin Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,651,941, issued on June 9, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Power systems having rotor-mounted fan blades" was invented by Nathan Joe Jochman (Neenah, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed power systems include an engine configured to output mechanical power via a shaft and a generator coupled to the shaft. The generator includes a rotor assembly and a stator assembly. The rotor assembly includes a rotor winding, a rotor core coupled to the shaft and mechanically supporting the rotor windings with respect to the shaft, an insulating shell between the rotor core and the rotor winding, and a plurality of f...