ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,499, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to NOVARES FRANCE (Velizy-Villacoublay, France).

"Wound rotor with winding flanges and shaft with radial and axial fluid channels" was invented by Cedric Ledieu (Mont Saint Eloi, France) and Ludovic Milluy (Ecourt St Quentin, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a wound rotor (10) for an electric motor (1), comprising: -a rotor shaft (12) rotatably mounted about an axis (X); -rotor laminations (14) mounted coaxially on the rotor shaft (12), said rotor laminations (14) having alternating poles and interpolar spaces; -a front winding flange (15) and a rear winding flange (1...