ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,620,521, issued on May 5, was assigned to TDK Electronics AG (Munich).
"Coil and method for producing a coil" was invented by Stephan Buhlmaier (Langenau, Germany), Felipe Jerez Galdeano (Thalfingen-Elchingen, Germany), Joachim Nassal (Heidenheim, Germany), Anneliese Drespling (Heidenheim, Germany), Gerhard Proks (Steinheim, Germany) and Herbert Lux (Heidenheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an embodiment a coil includes a tube comprising a tube wall composed of an electrically conductive material, wherein the tube wall has an inductive portion in which a gap is arranged that shapes the tube wall so the tube wall forms a helix ...