ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,407,209, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Motor stator having a stator core with a wound sheet cylinder structure" was invented by Dong Hee Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Jae Wan Choi (Anyang-si, South Korea), Sung Gon Byun (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Ji Yeon Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stator of a motor has a structure including a plate portion coupled to a support structure for fixing a stator core and protrusions inserted into a bobbin. The support structure for fixing the stator core has a structure into which the pr...