ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,467, issued on July 14, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Mesh filter in stator cooling system" was invented by Shogo Kajimoto (Toyota, Japan), Hiroaki Urano (Miyoshi, Japan), Kentaro Yoshioka (Toyota, Japan), Yukio Tsuchiya (Toyota, Japan), Yuta Narisawa (Toyota, Japan), Yutaro Ikeda (Toyota, Japan) and Hideki Nakagawa (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor may include a rotor; a stator comprising a stator core and a coil; a housing that houses the rotor and the stator; and a first annular member that provides a seal between a first end face of the stator core in an axial direction of the stator co...