ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,576, issued on April 21, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Motor" was invented by Sang Tae Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention can provide a motor including a first housing, a stator disposed in the first housing, a rotor disposed to correspond to the stator, a shaft coupled to the rotor, a second housing through which the shaft passes, and a pump gear disposed in the second housing, wherein the shaft includes a first region coupled to the pump gear, a second region coupled to the second housing, a third region coupled to the rotor, and a fourth region protruding from...