ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,651,692, issued on June 9, was assigned to Vishay Dale Electronics LLC (Columbus, Neb.).

"Method for making a multi-thickness electro-magnetic device" was invented by Benjamin Hanson (Yankton, S.D.), Rodney Brune (Columbus, Neb.) and Matt Huber (Yankton, S.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electro-magnetic devices are provided, having conductive elements and leads of multiple thicknesses. Templates are provided for making electro-magnetic devices, formed by an extrusion process, a skiving process, a swaging process, 3D printing, or a machining process. The multi-thickness electro-magnetic devices may comprise a conductive element having a...