ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,108, issued on March 18, was assigned to MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc. (Nagano, Japan).
"Motor" was invented by Seiya Fujimoto (Nagano, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor according to the present application includes a rotating shaft, a bearing, a bearing holder configured to accommodate the bearing, a holder disposed at one end portion side of the bearing holder in a rotating shaft direction, and a lid disposed at another end portion side of the bearing holder in the rotating shaft direction. A labyrinth structure is formed of one end portion of the bearing holder and an inner peripheral portion of the holder, and/or a labyrinth s...