US Patent Issued to Solar Turbines on Nov. 3 for "Motor power axial penetrator with sealings for integrated motor machine" (German, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,493, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Solar Turbines Inc. (San Diego).

"Motor power axial penetrator with sealings for integrated motor machine" was invented by Jess Lee Freeman (Poway, Calif.), David Moulton (Poway, Calif.), Matthias Johannes Burghard (Berlin) and Marco Festa (Falkensee, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Traditionally, integrated motor compressors utilize a radial penetrator that is connected to the motor stator via terminals and wires. This radial connection requires the motor stator to be installed within the compressor housing prior to the connection. In addition, the wires are subject to failure from rapid ...