US Patent Issued to IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, RTX on Nov. 3 for "Magnetic wire infused components for electric machine" (Iowa, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,461, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC. (Ames, Iowa) and RTX Corp. (Arlington, Va.).

"Magnetic wire infused components for electric machine" was invented by Jagadeesh K. Tangudu (South Windsor, Conn.) and Jun Cui (Ames, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aircraft electric motors include a rotor having a plurality of magnet segments arranged on a frame of the rotor, the rotor defining an internal cavity radially inward from the plurality of magnet segments, an output shaft operably coupled to the rotor, and a stator having a support structure and at least one winding wrapped about a plural...