ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,348,105, issued on July 1, was assigned to Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. (Yokohama, Japan).
"Rotating electric machine" was invented by Seiji Hoshika (Kanagawa, Japan), Karim Mikati (Kanagawa, Japan) and Hiroyuki Shibui (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotating electric machine has a brush holder that holds brushes. A first cover through which a rotor shaft passes is provided on one end side in an axial direction. A brush holder accommodating portion that accommodates the brush holder is recessed in the first cover in the axial direction from an outer side of the first cover. The brush holder is disposed in the brush holder accom...