ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,366, issued on July 28, was assigned to KURODA PRECISION INDUSTRIES LTD. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Laminated iron core and manufacturing device and manufacturing method therefor" was invented by Hideo Horii (Kanagawa, Japan) and Takahiko Kobayashi (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manufacturing method for a laminated iron core for joining multiple iron core laminae by successively forming multiple spot-shaped welded parts on the multiple iron core laminae that are stacked includes: a first welding step of forming first welded parts, which constitute multiple welded parts, at a first pitch in a stacking direction on a first ...