ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,333, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Parker-Hannifin Corp. (Cleveland).
"Electric motor" was invented by Steven R. Huard (New Ulm, Minn.), Travis J. Anderson (Winthrop, Minn.), Kevin B. Henke (Hutchinson, Minn.), Joseph L. Dobmeier (Mankato, Minn.), John P. Blomberg (New Ulm, Minn.) and Justin O. Byers (Madelia, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example electric motor includes a housing, a stator fixed relative to the housing, a rotor, a brake assembly, a first bearing, and a second bearing. The rotor has a hub portion, a cylindrical portion, and a disk portion. The hub portion of the rotor has a first end, a second end, and...