US Patent Issued to MINEBEA MITSUMI on March 3 for "Motor with stator segments coupled via protruding parts and recesses with different planes" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,773, issued on March 3, was assigned to MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc. (Nagano, Japan).

"Motor with stator segments coupled via protruding parts and recesses with different planes" was invented by Yutaka Kamogi (Kitasaku-gun, Japan) and Yutaka Kouyama (Kitasaku-gun, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor includes a rotor and a stator. The stator includes a plurality of segments coupled via engaging parts. The segment includes a plurality of pieces coupled via a coupling part. The plurality of pieces are disposed in an arc shape. The plurality of segments are disposed in an annular shape. The engaging part has two protruding parts project...