ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,323,003, issued on June 3, was assigned to Nidec PSA Emotors (Carrieres Sous Poissy, France).

"Stator for a rotating electrical machine" was invented by Fatma Abid (Noisy le Grand, France), Moustafa Al Eit (Asnieres sur Seine, France), Sara Bazhar (Bois d'Arcy, France), Lamya Belhaj (Courbevoie, France), Xavier Jannot (Angouleme, France) and Jacques Saint-Michel (Angouleme, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stator for a rotating electrical machine comprises a stator mass comprising teeth and notches between the teeth, each of the notches being, on the air gap side, completely closed, electrical conductors being housed in the notches...