ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,642, issued on May 5, was assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Winding apparatus and winding method" was invented by Linglong Tang (Ningde, China), Feng Pan (Ningde, China), Wei Zhang (Ningde, China) and Yuqian Wen (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a winding apparatus and a winding method, the winding apparatus includes: a winding needle, being configured to wind a winding material; a power supply assembly, being configured to be electrically coupled to the winding needle, so as to form current on an axis of the winding needle; and a magnet supply assembly, being configure...