US Patent Issued to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL on Sept. 15 for "Electric motor including outer rotor body, surrounding cover, and fan integrally formed with the cover" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,807, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Electric motor including outer rotor body, surrounding cover, and fan integrally formed with the cover" was invented by Linnea Emerson (Lisbon, Wis.) and Brian Trump (Germantown, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An outer rotor for use with a brushless DC electric motor includes a rotor body, a shaft coupled for co-rotation with the rotor body and defining a rotational axis, a cover surrounding at least a portion of the rotor body, and a fan integrally formed with the cover as a single piece. The fan includes a plurality of blades extending...