ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,691, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to G.W. Lisk Co. Inc. (Clifton Springs, N.Y.).
"Method and apparatus having a single coil with embedded magnets" was invented by Nathan M. Sarkin (Farmington, N.Y.) and Erik T. Karlsen (Romulus, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure include a method and apparatus. An exemplary apparatus includes a solenoid assembly that includes a ferromagnetic core tube having a first channel and a second channel disposed on the radial exterior surface of the ferromagnetic core tube. The first channel and the second channel circumscribe the ferromagnetic core tube along a give...