ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,621, issued on March 31, was assigned to ASTER Co. LTD. (Yokote, Japan).

"Cold pressure welding apparatus, coil manufacturing apparatus, coil, and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Takenobu Hongo (Fukushima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The cold pressure welding apparatus includes a first holding part capable of sandwiching a first flat conductor, a second holding part disposed opposite to the first holding part and capable of sandwiching a second flat conductor, and a drive part for moving the first holding part and the second holding part. The drive part can move the first holding part and the second holdin...