ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,795, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (Tokyo).

"Rotary electric machine" was invented by Yoshihiko Onishi (Tokyo) and Isao Sonoda (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotary electric machine includes a control board, a motor which is driven by the control board, a motor frame which accommodates the motor, a cover which covers the control board together with the motor frame, and a heat sink which is fixed to the motor frame. The motor frame, the cover, and the heat sink are made of metal, at least three claw portions are provided on the motor frame or the heat sink, at least three press-fitting surface...