ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,562, issued on April 21, was assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Stator-core fixing structure, magnetic bearing, electric motor, bearingless motor, centrifugal compressor, and fixing method" was invented by Shouhei Yamasuso (Osaka, Japan) and Hideki Fujiwara (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stator-core fixing structure fixes a stator core to a housing. The stator-core fixing structure includes a plurality of outer peripheral surface portions, and a plurality of inner peripheral surface portions. The plurality of outer peripheral surface portions are included in an outer peripheral surface of the stator ...