ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,647,059, issued on June 2, was assigned to AutoNetworks Technologies Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan), Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Multi-phase motor switching device and multi-phase motor" was invented by Shintaro Morino (Osaka, Japan) and Kanzo Ishihara (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a multi-phase motor switching device capable of switching a plurality of coil parts constituting the phase coils of a multi-phase motor between a series connection and a parallel connection. A multi-phase motor switching device is used in a multi-phase motor provided ...