ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,712, issued on May 20, was assigned to Moteurs Leroy-Somer (Angouleme, France).

"Stator for a rotating electrical machine" was invented by Jacques Saint-Michel (Angouleme, France), Xavier Jannot (Angouleme, France), Olivier Gas (Gond-Pontouvre, France), Nicolas Langlard (Loos, France) and Sebastien Desurmont (Wasquehal, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing a stator of an electrical machine. The method including: a toothed ring having teeth joined together by bridges of material and defining between them slots open radially toward the outside, windings produced outside of the slots, and a yoke configured to...