ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,149, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to AICHI ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Kasugai, Japan).
"Motor, compressor and air conditioner" was invented by Yudai Suzuki (Kasugai, Japan) and Shoji Mano (Kasugai, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compressor (100) includes a compression mechanism part (120) and a motor (200) that are housed in a closed container (110). A stator (300) of the motor (200) includes stator coils (340) respectively wound around teeth of a stator core (310). Each of the stator coils (340) includes first and second protruding portions (340A, 340B) that respectively protrude from the stator core (310) toward first and second...