ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,713, issued on May 20, was assigned to NIDEC COPAL ELECTRONICS Corp. (Tokyo).

"Motor attaching structure and motor attaching method" was invented by Yuki Nakada (Sano, Japan), Hiroki Matsushita (Sano, Japan), Yasuhiro Tobinai (Sano, Japan) and Takatoshi Inoguchi (Sano, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor attaching structure and a motor attaching method capable of preventing vibration from occurring are provided. A shaft holding a rotor of a motor rotatable thereon is fixed to a first holder. An annular second holder holds a core serving as a stator of the motor with a peripheral portion thereof being arranged between a case ...