ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,094, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to ZHONGSHAN BROAD-OCEAN MOTOR Co. LTD. (Zhongshan, China).

"Stator lamination and electric motor comprising the same" was invented by Shaner Zhang (Zhongshan, China), Sanzeng Liang (Zhongshan, China), Huijun Zhan (Zhongshan, China), Hongyu Jia (Zhongshan, China) and Min Dong (Zhongshan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stator lamination includes a middle part, an annular yoke, and a plurality of stator teeth. The middle part includes a central hole. The plurality of stator teeth extend from the inner side of the annular yoke and are evenly distributed. A wire slot is formed between every tw...