ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,338, issued on July 28, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Motor that is configured to ensure insulation between the coil end and the housing" was invented by Shogo Kajimoto (Toyota, Japan), Hiroaki Urano (Miyoshi, Japan), Yukio Tsuchiya (Toyota, Japan), Yutaro Ikeda (Toyota, Japan), Hideki Nakagawa (Toyota, Japan), Kentaro Yoshioka (Toyota, Japan) and Yuta Narisawa (Toyota, Japan).

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