ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,184, issued on May 12, was assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany).
"Rotor assembly for an electric machine" was invented by Thomas Riedisser (Sigmarszell, Germany), Matthias Weidner (Wasserlosen, Germany), Peter Fenn (Waigolshausen, Germany), Florian Pohnlein (Stefansfeld, Germany) and Claudius Flogaus (Markdorf, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Proposed is a rotor assembly for an electric machine, having a rotor that comprises a laminated-core support, a rotor support and a rotor hub, the rotor support being approximately in the form of a disk and being provided with at least one circumferential annular ri...