ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,493, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to NIPPON STEEL Corp. (Tokyo).

"Laminated core, rotor, and manufacturing method of laminated core" was invented by Takashi Aramaki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This laminated core is formed integrally by laminating a plurality of steel sheets including a first steel sheet and a second steel sheet. The first steel sheet is disposed as an outermost layer on one end side along the central axis and including a first exposed surface. The second steel sheet is disposed as an outermost layer on the other end side along the central axis and including a second exposed surface. In this laminated co...