ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,771,189, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Stator for axial flux motor and method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Hyun Seok Hong (Seoul, South Korea), Hyun Woo Jun (Seoul, South Korea) and Hee Kwang Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are an easily manufacturable stator for an axial flux motor, and a method of manufacturing the same. A stator includes a core, a bobbin having a hollow portion into which the core is inserted, and a winding wound around the bobbin. A radial outer corner portion of the core is formed to have ...