ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,597, issued on July 15, was assigned to OMRON Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Motor and driver" was invented by Takeshi Kiribuchi (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor receives power from a driver external to the motor through a power line. The motor includes an extractor that extracts a part of power supplied from the driver to the motor, and a supply unit that supplies the power extracted by the extractor to an external device. This structure allows stable power supply to the external device associated with the motor."
The patent was filed on March 1, 2022, under Application No. 18/547,992.
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