ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,193, issued on May 12, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Motor" was invented by Ju Hwan Ku (Seoul, South Korea) and Jae Young Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor is provided that includes a shaft, a rotor coupled to the shaft, a stator disposed to correspond to the rotor, a bearing housing coupled to the shaft, and a bearing that supports the bearing housing. The rotor includes a rotor core and a magnet coupled to the rotor core. The bearing housing includes a first surface in contact with the bearing, a second surface in contact with the rotor core, and a third surface in contact wi...