ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,445,009, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Motor" was invented by Ju Hwan Ku (Seoul, South Korea) and Jae Young Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment provides a motor comprising: a shaft; a rotor coupled to the shaft; a stator arranged to correspond to the rotor; a housing accommodating the stator; a first bearing supporting the shaft; and a bearing housing supporting the first bearing, wherein the first bearing includes a first inner surface disposed toward the shaft and a first outer surface disposed opposite to the first inner surface, the first inner surface i...