ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,671, issued on May 27, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
"Inductive component and method for adjusting an inductance" was invented by Oleg Fursa (Gempenach, Switzerland), Juergen Frey (Heidenheim, Germany) and Stefan Weber (Regensburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inductive component is provided, including: a winding; and a plurality of adjustment bodies configured to adjust an inductance of the inductive component, the adjustment bodies including a ferromagnetic material and surrounding at least some regions of the winding, the inductance being adjusted via a shape and/or a position a...