ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,689, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to NISSAN MOTOR Co. LTD. (Yokohama, Japan).

"Stator including foaming adhesive and non-foaming adhesive" was invented by Masahide Kimura (Kanagawa, Japan), Tatsuya Imai (Kanagawa, Japan), Tomoyasu Hiraoka (Kanagawa, Japan), Kazuhiro Hasegawa (Kanagawa, Japan) and Toshikazu Uchida (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stator including, a stator core having a slot, a winding wire to be inserted into the slot; and an insulation sheet interposed between the slot and the winding wire and configured to electrically insulate an inner wall of the slot and the winding wire, wherein the insulation...