ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,488, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Coil component having a closure element without direct contact to the carrier; and electric machine" was invented by Martin Chambrion (Erstein, France), Michael Marsetz (Ettlingen, Germany), Johannes Dollansky (Buhlertal, Germany) and Cedric Blaes (Munchhausen, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coil component for an electric machine, having a carrier and a coil winding accommodated in the carrier at least in sections. The carrier has a ring region with multiple grooves distributed in a circumferential direction, and multiple wi...