ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,197, issued on May 12, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).

"Stator and rotating electric machine" was invented by Katsuyoshi Miyaji (Kariya-city, Japan) and Seiichi Murakami (Kariya-city, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stator includes: an annular stator core having tooth portions; an insulator made of an electrically-insulative resin material and covering predetermined parts of the stator core; windings wound on the tooth portions with the insulator interposed therebetween; and terminals made of an electrically-conductive metal plate and connected with end portions of the corresponding windings. The stator is connecte...