ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,726, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"System for applying adhesive" was invented by Brad Steidl (Medina, Ohio), Ryan Young (West Salem, Ohio), Murat Bakan (Canton, Ohio), Roushanak Nejat (Akron, Ohio) and Norman Brenneman (Dalton, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adhesive applicator for applying adhesive to a lamination of a core of an electric motor has a first substrate having an adhesive flow passage for conveying adhesive and an air flow passage for conveying pressurized air, a second substrate having a second substrate passage, and a slider having a slider...