ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,204, issued on April 14, was assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Bobbin and solenoid" was invented by Markus Stahl (Schwarzenbruck, Germany) and Valerie Neuffer (Ludwigsburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bobbin for a solenoid. The bobbin includes a main body for receiving wire windings of a wire, wherein the main body extends hollow-cylindrically along an axial direction and has a wall having a wall thickness, wherein at least one opening is formed in the wall, wherein the wall thickness becomes smaller along the axial direction toward the opening, and/or wherein the geometric shape of the opening is des...