ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,395,040, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Stator assembly and method of assembling stator assembly" was invented by Osamu Naito (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Miyuki Furuya (Hamamatsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coil conductor of each of a U-phase, a V-phase, and a W-phase is provided with a configuration in which a terminal wiring conductor, a first tooth conductor wound around a first tooth, a bridging line conductor, a second tooth conductor wound around a second tooth, and a neutral-point connection conductor are connected in this order. The terminal wiring conductor is conne...