ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,358, issued on July 28, was assigned to Ajax Tocco Magnethermic Corp. (Warren, Ohio).
"Transverse flux induction heating device for heating flat product" was invented by David Lazor (Warren, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An induction heating apparatus and method of use wherein the apparatus includes two poles, each pole having a pair of spaced apart coils wherein at least one of a spacing between the poles and the pole pitch is adjustable to control the power density transferred to a workpiece across its width. In some embodiments, movable flux shields are also adjusted to control power density transferred along edge portions o...