ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,193, issued on May 27, was assigned to MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc. (Nagano, Japan).

"Rotary apparatus, attaching structure of rotary apparatus, and connecting structure of rotary apparatus and external connector" was invented by Minoru Kuroda (Nagano, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To provide a rotary apparatus able to facilitate assembly of the rotary apparatus, and an attaching structure of the rotary apparatus. A rotary apparatus (1) includes a motor (10) having motor terminals (13), terminal members (21) and (22), a first housing (60), the terminal members (21) and (22) being attached to the first housing (60), and a second housin...