ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,726,090, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Method and apparatus for manufacturing stator" was invented by Kazushi Onda (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a stator that includes a tubular-shaped stator core and a tubular-shaped coil. The method includes: (a) a holding step of holding an insulation sheet, which is disposed in a slot provided in the stator core, by causing a pressing device to press the insulation sheet against an inner surface of the slot in an axial end portion of the stator core; (b) an inserting step of inserting a segment portion of the coil to...