ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,484, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to MITSUBA Corp. (Gunma, Japan).
"Stator, motor, fan device, and coil winding method" was invented by Shingo Watanabe (Gunma, Japan), Keiichi Hosoi (Gunma, Japan) and Satoshi Itabashi (Gunma, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stator includes: an A-phase coil, wound around four of 12 teeth and supplied with an A-phase current; a B-phase coil, wound around another four of the 12 teeth and supplied with a B-phase current; a C-phase coil, wound around yet another four of the 12 teeth and supplied with a C-phase current. The A-phase coil includes a transition part extending along the cylindrical par...