ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,460, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to RAPID POWER INDUSTRIES (Salisbury, Australia).
"Alternator assembly" was invented by Mark Roberts (Salisbury, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle brushless alternator assembly comprising: a claw pole rotor assembly having a pair of opposing pole pieces, the rotor defining an axis of rotation, each of the pole pieces having a plurality of circumferentially spaced pole fingers extending axially, the pole fingers of the rotor alternating between north and south magnetic polarities upon energization of the field coil; a cylindrical stator comprising armature enveloping the magnetic c...