ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,771,196, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Moving Magnet Technologies (Besancon, France).

"Three-phase dual electric machine and method for controlling such a machine" was invented by Mathieu Gerber (Besancon, France), Damien Laforge (Chemaudin et Vaux, France) and Guillaume Callerant (Chavannes-sur-1'Etang, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric machine comprising a first and a second three-phase winding and comprising a stator formed of a cylindrical yoke made of a soft ferromagnetic material extended radially by a set of teeth, a portion of the set of teeth bearing the windings, the windings being distinct from one another...