ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,587,048, issued on March 24, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Electric motor" was invented by Hideaki Miyazono (Kasugai, Japan), Junichi Deguchi (Toyota, Japan), Hironori Asaoka (Okazaki, Japan), Kei Ohta (Toyota, Japan), Sho Okazaki (Toyota, Japan) and Junya Kobayashi (Ama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric motor disclosed herein may include a stator, a supply hole, a first flow passage, and second flow passages. The first flow passage and the second flow passages may be provided in the stator. The first flow passage may extend along a circumferential direction of the stator. The second flow passages...