ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,587,051, issued on March 24, was assigned to SKF MAGNETIC MECHATRONICS (Saint-Marcel, France).

"Permanent-magnet rotor resistant to thermal expansion and method of manufacture thereof" was invented by Eduardo Carrasco (Saint Etienne sous Bailleul, France), Ramdane Lateb (Rouen, France), Julien Vauby (Rouen, France) and Eddy Herisse (les Andelys, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotor includes an assembly hub intended to be fixed to a shaft, a plurality of permanent magnets which are supported by the assembly hub, and a binding band holding the plurality of permanent magnets in place. The binding band includes crossed windings of ...