ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,132, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to G.D S.P.A. (Italy).

"Apparatus and method for making a coil, preferably for an electrochemical cell intended for battery production" was invented by Andrea Biondi (Bologna, Italy), Enrico Campagnoli (Bologna, Italy), Luca Cavazza (Bologna, Italy) and Fabrizio Nanni (Bologna, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus (100) for making a coil (B) comprises a feed unit (2) configured to feed at least one strip-shaped article (N) and a winding unit (1). The winding unit includes a plurality of winding heads (10) and a movement device (3) of said winding heads (10) configured to displace said w...