ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,445,010, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to MABUCHI MOTOR Co. LTD. (Chiba, Japan).
"Ball bearing holding structure and fan motor" was invented by Norihisa Tanikawa (Chiba, Japan), Kenji Shiraki (Chiba, Japan) and Sakie Kawakami (Chiba, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A holding structure includes a bearing holder including a cylindrical holder portion into which a ball bearing is internally fitted from one side in an axial direction of a shaft, and a positioning portion on another side in the axial direction of the holder portion and abutting on the ball bearing; and a mounting plate having a cylindrical mounting portion in which a p...