ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,549,054, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc. (Nagano, Japan).
"Motor" was invented by Yuta Amagi (Saihaku-gun, Japan), Tsuyoshi Kano (Yasugi, Japan) and Kumio Masuda (Yonago, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided an easily manufacturable motor. The motor comprises a conductor (27), a stator including an insulator, a stator core, and a coil, and a substrate (40) including an outer peripheral portion (41) and a surface surrounded with the outer peripheral portion (41). The insulator includes a protruding part (34) extending in a rotary shaft direction. The outer peripheral portion (41) of the substrate ...