ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,339, issued on July 28, was assigned to NIDEC PSA EMOTORS (Carrieres souis Poissy, France).

"Rotor for a rotary electric machine" was invented by Diana Fantuz (Plaisir, France), Guillaume Tardy (La Celle St Cloud, France) and Olivier Gas (Gond Pontouvre, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Rotor (30) for a rotary electric machine, including: at least one permanent magnet (1) having, in cross section, at least one large side (2a) and at least one small side (3a), a rotor body (33) including stacked sheets, the rotor body (33) including at least one recess (4) receiving the permanent magnet (1), the recess (4) being delimited by at l...