ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,209, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to NIDEC SANKYO Corp. (Nagano, Japan).

"Motor and pump system" was invented by Takashi Yamamoto (Nagano, Japan) and Takehiko Yazawa (Nagano, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a motor, a wire terminal, to which an end at an end of winding of a wire is connected, is held by an insulator that is held by a stator core. The wire terminal comprises: a substrate connection section; plural legs held by a split insulator; a plate section, a thickness direction of which faces a radial direction, between the legs and the substrate connection section; and a wire connection section, a portion of which ...