ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,330, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to MIKUNI Corp. (Tokyo).

"Coil winding portion structure for stator" was invented by Kan Oyamada (Takizawa, Japan) and Jun Takahashi (Takizawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a motor unit that includes a stator including coils, a rotor, and an insulator attached to the stator, the insulator includes a bobbin portion around which a first coil wire or a second coil wire is wound, and a tubular portion provided outside the bobbin portion in a radial direction, terminals to which the first coil wire and the second coil wire are connected being mounted on the tubular portion, the tubular portion...