ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,064, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to MABUCHI MOTOR Co. LTD. (Chiba, Japan).

"Motor with end bell and electrical element holder" was invented by Naoki Ishikawa (Chiba, Japan), Kouichi Hashimoto (Chiba, Japan), Yasuaki Matsuoka (Chiba, Japan) and Michio Tsunoda (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor includes a bottomed cylindrical housing incorporating a rotor that rotate integrally with a shaft and a stator, and an end bell having an end plate that closes an opening of the housing and a holder that is provided between the rotor and the end plate in an axial direction and to which an electrical element is attached. The...