Predated by CSIRO's axial flux motor for solar cars. It was in production, but not mass production. If axial flux motor companies start bringing patent cases,

Predated by CSIRO's axial flux motor for solar cars. It was in production, but not mass production. If axial flux motor companies start bringing patent cases, there will probably be valuable prior art in the CSIRO motor. https://web.archive.org/web/20050622085546/http://www.tip.csiro.au/Machines/success/sc.html https://web.archive.org/web/20050622085546/http://www.tip.cs... https://web.archive.org/web/20050305165502/http://www.tip.csiro.au/Machines/papers/iwscem/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20050305165502/http://www.tip.cs... An interesting comparison is in this thesis: https://api.research-repository.uwa.edu.au/ws/portalfiles/portal/3246948/Hooper_Ian_2011.pdf https://api.research-repository.uwa.edu.au/ws/portalfiles/po...