ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,181, issued on May 27, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi-ken, Japan).
"Stator for rotary electric machine" was invented by Ryosuke Osugi (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stator for a rotary electric machine. The stator includes: a tubular stator core and a coil including coil segments inserted in slots of the stator core. The coil segments include segment end portions outwardly protruding from an axial end face of the stator core. The coil includes welded portions each of which is constituted by the segment end portions that are welded to each other. The welded portions include a plurality of kinds of welded p...