ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,173, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Motor and apparatus using the same" was invented by Takeshi Yamamoto (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor includes: a first portion that includes a plurality of permanent magnets; and a second portion that includes a plurality of coils, wherein the first portion or the second portion is configured to be rotatable around a rotation axis, wherein the plurality of permanent magnets are circumferentially arranged about the rotation axis, and wherein the plurality of coils are arranged so as to face the plurality of permanent magnets in a direction along the r...