ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,646,996, issued on June 2, was assigned to UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium).
"Electric machine with an electromagnetic bearing" was invented by Bruno Dehez (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium) and Joachim Van Verdeghem (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric machine includes a rotor and a stator. The stator includes a pair of windings positioned symmetrically with respect to the rotor, such that a displacement of the rotor causes an increase of magnetic flux in one winding and a decrease in the other. A driver operates the machine in either an active or a passive electromagnetic bearing mod...