ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,899, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc. (Nagano, Japan).

"Motor and connection structure of motor and substrate" was invented by Jun Ohmura (Kitasaku-gun, Japan), Koichiro Hirabayashi (Kitasaku-gun, Japan) and Yukimasa Matsumura (Kitasaku-gun, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor includes: a lid including an opening; a bracket including a projecting part; and a terminal extending from the projecting part. A part of the bracket is covered by the lid. The projecting part projects from the opening of the lid."

The patent was filed on March 20, 2023, under Application No. 18/186,245.

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