US Patent Issued to BUILD BEYOND on March 11 for "System and method for generating a controlled magnetic flux" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,249,457, issued on March 11, was assigned to BUILD BEYOND LLC (Davis, Calif.).

"System and method for generating a controlled magnetic flux" was invented by Graham Ryland (West Sacramento, Calif.) and John Shepard (Davis, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for manipulating or heating conductive material. The system comprises: a first electromagnet; a second electromagnet; the first electromagnet and the second electromagnet each comprising: a body; a first pole, the first pole proximal to a working surface; a second pole, the second pole distal to a working surface; a coil at least partially disposed around the bo...