ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,547, issued on April 14, was assigned to WEG EQUIPAMENTOS ELETRICOS S.A. (Jaragua Do Sul, Brazil).

"Axial alignment system for a rotor of a rotary electric machine, and corresponding rotary electric machines" was invented by Everton Soares Talayer (Jaragua do Sul, Brazil), Henrique Scremin Weber (Jaragua do Sul, Brazil), Jose Luis De Souza (Jaragua do Sul, Brazil) and Solon Brum Silveira (Jaragua do Sul, Brazil).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An axial alignment system for a rotary electric machine rotor includes: at least one first fixing ring; at least one first permanent magnet ring; at least one second fixing ring; and at least on...