ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,294,263, issued on May 6, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Stator coil for eliminating torque uneveness" was invented by Kenichi Omagari (Tokyo) and Masashi Inoue (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stator coil including a continuous three-phase coil group the linear portions in the linear portion groups of the respective phases being arranged side by side in order in the continuous three-phase coil group, wherein in each of first slots that are every other slots from among the slots, the linear portions of a same phase are accommodated in order and stacked in a radial direction of the stator core, and in each of second...