ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,658,743, issued on June 16, was assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Stator" was invented by Jae Hak Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jeong Ki Kwon (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hyoung Geun Park (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Yong Ho Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a stator applied to a motor. The stator of the present disclosure may reduce a production cost and simultaneously minimize a motor failure occurring due to corrosion by using an inexpensive steel ball bearing, which is enabled by reducing a magnitude of an shaft voltage that causes the corrosion rather than using a structure (for e...