ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,378, issued on July 15, was assigned to CRRC QINGDAO SIFANG Co. LTD. (Shandong, China).

"Integrated electromagnet and maglev train" was invented by Fujie Jiang (Shandong, China), Weitao Han (Shandong, China), Guimei Deng (Shandong, China), Donghua Wu (Shandong, China) and Changfeng Yang (Shandong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated electromagnet comprises a magnetic yoke and magnetic poles in two rows. An axis of magnetic core in the magnetic pole is perpendicular to the magnetic yoke. The magnetic poles comprise first and second magnetic poles that are arranged alternatively in a row. The first magnetic pole in any r...