ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,037, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Neapco Intellectual Property Holdings LLC.

"Lubricant supported electric motor" was invented by Donald Remboski (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Jacqueline Dedo (Wolverine Lake, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lubricant supported electric motor includes a static member and a movable member movably disposed within the static member to define a gap therebetween. The static member may be configured as a stator and the movable member may be configured as a rotor. The movable member may also be configured to move relative to the static member. The static member and movable member are configured to exer...