ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,180, issued on May 27, was assigned to NIDEC PSA EMOTORS (Carrieres Sous Poissy, France).

"Rotary electric machine stator with asymmetric winding" was invented by Cyril Moya (Chatou, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a stator (2) comprising a stator body (25) having notches (21) formed between teeth (23), electrical conductors (22) being housed in the notches (21), at least one part of the electrical conductors being in the form of a U-shaped pin, each comprising first (22c) and second (22f) axially extending legs in the first (A) and second (R) notches, respectively, at least one of the first (22e) and second (22f) ...