ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,465, issued on July 14, was assigned to AISIN Corp. (Kariya, Japan).

"Rotary electric machine" was invented by Akihiro Horio (Kariya, Japan), Nozomu Takahashi (Kariya, Japan) and Takayoshi Hanai (Kariya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotary electric machine that includes a stator including a stator core and a coil, and including a radial protrusion for fastening, and a case that supports the stator core. The case includes a fastening portion to which the radial protrusion is fastened, paired stator holding portions located on respective sides of the fastening portion when viewed in an axial direction, and forming respective ...