ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,885, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to ATOP S.p.A. (Barberino Tavarnelle, Italy).

"Stator, electric machine, apparatus and method for preparing a stator" was invented by Massimo Ponzio (Siena, Italy), Rubino Corbinelli (Staggia Senese, Italy) and Daniele Nocciolini (Florence, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a stator (100) which may be used within an electric rotating machine, an electric machine, an apparatus for preparing a stator and a method for preparing a stator. The stator (100) comprises a stator core (10) having a plurality of slots (11) arranged in a circumferential direction (C) of the stato...