ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,732,033, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya-city, Japan) and DENSO PRESSTECH INC. (Toyokawa City, Japan).

"Stator core" was invented by Keiji Kondo (Kariya-city, Japan), Toshihiro Takei (Kariya-city, Japan), Yuichi Kudose (Kariya-city, Japan), Hiroshi Endo (Kariya-city, Japan) and Masaki Ohira (Toyokawa city, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stator core includes a core body a having a cylindrical shape and a bolt fixing portion which includes a bolt insertion hole extending in an axial direction and into which a fixing bolt is inserted, and is capable of being fastened to a housing by a fixing bolt while the fix...