ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,294,250, issued on May 6, was assigned to Nidec Motor Corp. (St. Louis).

"Motor encoder anti-rotation device" was invented by Glenn Siracki (Burton, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An encoder assembly is provided for use in an electromagnetic apparatus including an apparatus body and a rotor. The rotor includes a shaft rotatable relative to the apparatus body. The encoder assembly comprises an encoder and a mounting system for mounting the encoder to the apparatus body. The encoder includes an encoder body and an encoder shaft. The encoder shaft is configured to be coupled with the rotor shaft and rotatable relative to the encoder bo...