ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,301,077, issued on May 13, was assigned to HONDA MOTOR Co. LTD (Tokyo).
"Coil mounting apparatus" was invented by Yasuto Ohashi (Tokyo), Norihiko Hikima (Tokyo) and Shoma Okubo (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The coil mounting apparatus includes a stator core fixing jig, a coil winding jig that is arranged inside the stator core and has thereon an annularly wound belt-shaped coil, and a cuff guide that is provided on the stator core fixing jig and has a guide groove for supporting the cuff portion. The guide groove includes a cuff portion-supporting sub-groove that supports the cuff portion from both sides in a circumferential dire...