ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,301,067, issued on May 13, was assigned to MABUCHI MOTOR Co. LTD. (Chiba, Japan).
"Brushless motor" was invented by Takuya Takahashi (Chiba, Japan) and Naoya Negoro (Chiba, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brushless motor includes: a rotor configured to rotate integrally with a shaft; a stator that is placed, facing the rotor in a radial direction, and includes a core around which a winding is wound; a board that is placed, spaced away in an axial direction from one end surface of the shaft, and extends in a direction intersecting with the axial direction; a holder that is fixed to the stator and configured to hold the board; and a...