ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,796, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Linz Center of Mechatronics GmbH (Linz, Austria).
"Combined axial/radial magnetic bearing" was invented by Gerald Jungmayr (Linz, Austria) and Robert Santner (Linz, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for supporting a shaft includes: a permanent magnet connected to the shaft: a stator having first and second yokes made of a soft-magnetic material: a first actuator coil on the first yoke; and two or more second actuator coils on the second yoke. The first yoke has an opening into which the shaft is inserted so that an axial air gap is formed between the first yoke and an end face of th...