ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,200, issued on May 27, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Fan motor assembly with stator core supports" was invented by Jaehoon Jeong (Seoul, South Korea), Chaseung Jun (Seoul, South Korea), Jinwook Cha (Seoul, South Korea) and Charyeom Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor assembly includes a motor housing having a shaft, a rotor coupled to the shaft, multiple core assemblies along the circumference of the rotor to form a magnetic path, and a first bearing housing supporting one side of the shaft, a housing cover coupled to the motor housing, an impeller installed on the shaft, a dif...