ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,489, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan), J.S.T. Mfg. Co. Ltd. (Tokyo) and MATSUO INDUSTRIES INC. (Nagoya, Japan).
"Stator with molded power line connection" was invented by Yosuke Kurono (Nissin, Japan), Tsuyoshi Matsuo (Nisshin, Japan), Naoya Takeshita (Miyoshi, Japan) and Syunpei Kuno (Toyoake, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stator includes a core having a yoke having an annular shape, and teeth protruding toward a center of the yoke and provided at predetermined intervals in a circumferential direction of the yoke, a coil disposed to surround the teeth, a power line connected to a coil end...