US Patent Issued to Nidec Motor on July 21 for "Stator wire insulation ring with terminal connectivity" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,254, issued on July 21, was assigned to Nidec Motor Corp. (Creve Coeur, Mo.).

"Stator wire insulation ring with terminal connectivity" was invented by Steven Faust (St. Louis) and Paul G. Michaels (St. Louis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric motor includes a stator assembly. The stator assembly includes a stator body and a generally toroidal stator ring. The stator body includes a core and a plurality of electrically conductive wires wound about the core. Each of the electrically conductive wires includes a first wire end projecting from the stator body at a predetermined first wire end location. The stator ring defines a pl...