ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,729, issued on May 20, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Rotary electric machine housing, rotary electric machine, and additive manufacturing method" was invented by Hirosumi Todaka (Saitama, Japan) and Yasunari Kimura (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotary electric machine housing is configured to accommodate a component of a rotary electric machine. The rotary electric machine housing includes a body portion configured to be in a hollow shape and having an accommodation space in which the component is accommodated, a water jacket provided at the body portion, an oil flow path communicating with the acc...