US Patent Issued to National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia on Jan. 13 for "Multiplanar planar electromagnetic array" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,654, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia LLC (Albuquerque, N.M.).

"Multiplanar planar electromagnetic array" was invented by Gihoon Choi (Livermore, Calif.) and Robert Meagher (Tracy, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multiplanar electromagnetic array is disclosed herein, where the array includes a first electromagnetic coil in a first plane, a second electromagnetic coil in a second plane, and a third electromagnetic coil in a third plane. A microactuator is configured to energize electromagnetic coils in the array in sequence, thereby forming a moving electromagnetic field ...