ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,781, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to STELIA AEROSPACE (Rochefort, France).

"Induction forming device comprising an inductor configured to deform by induction a portion of an electrically conductive part, and deforming method implemented by such a device" was invented by Guillaume Racineux (Chateau Thebaud, France), Didier Priem (La Chapelle sur Erdre, France), Emmanuel Bon (Heric, France) and Cheikh Sow (Gif sur Yvette, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The induction moulding device comprises an inductor configured to deform by induction a portion of an electrically conductive part, the inductor comprising a first power termin...