ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,506,381, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc. (Nagano, Japan).
"Motor" was invented by Hiroki Fujihara (Kitasaku-gun, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor includes a motor body including a bottom part and a motor terminal 26 provided at the bottom part, and a terminal unit 200 mounted at the bottom part of the motor body. The terminal unit 200 includes a holder 210, a PTC thermistor 180 and a terminal part 330b fixed to the holder 210, and a wiring part electrically connecting the motor terminal 26 and the terminal part 330b. The PTC thermistor 180 is provided at the wiring part. In the radial direction, the te...