ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,973, issued on Nov. 3.
"Method of forming a wound electrical inductor apparatus" was invented by Grant A. MacLennan (Tempe, Ariz.), Hans Wennerstrom (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Matt Cotner (Gilbert, Ariz.) and Saul Gonzalez (Phoenix).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is described including the steps of: providing an inductor core and longitudinally joining a first electrical turn section to a second electrical turn section to form at least part of an electrical turn of a winding about the inductor core and optionally including at least one of the steps of: (1) additive manufacturing, casting, stamping from metal stock, cutting material,...