ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,407,199, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG (Hanau, Germany).

"Laminated core with segments and lamination welded together, laminations made from FeSi alloy and CoFe alloy" was invented by Niklas Volbers (Bruchkobel, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laminated core comprising a plurality of segments is provided. The segments each comprise a plurality of soft magnetic lamination sheets that are stacked one on top of another in a direction of stacking and attached to one another by means of a first connection type to form a segment. The segments are attached by means of a second connection type to form a...