ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,970, issued on July 29, was assigned to BORGWARNER SWEDEN AB (Landskrona, Sweden).
"Stator" was invented by Christian Mansson (Lund, Sweden), Per Soderberg (Lund, Sweden) and David Leksell (Lund, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stator (1) is provided, comprising a lamination stack (10) having a plurality of segments (20) being connected to each other by means of respective folding joints (30), wherein at least one folding joint (30) is arranged radially inwards of a virtual circumference (27) corresponding to the maximum radius (R2) of the lamination stack (10). The stator (1) further comprises a plurality of insulators (40),...