ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,464, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Stator assembly" was invented by Brian R. Janes (Chillicothe, Ill.), Andrew A. Friebohle (Pekin, Ill.), Rodwan T. Adra (Peoria, Ill.) and Nathan A. Kleinschmidt (Peoria, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stator assembly may include a circumferential stator core, which includes a plurality of stator poles, a plurality of stator slots located between adjacent stator poles, and a plurality of conductive coils surrounding a portion of each stator pole, and a coolant wall assembly extending across each stator slot. The coolant wall assembly includes a first bar an...