ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,711, issued on May 20, was assigned to THALES (Courbevoie, France).

"Automatic machine for the ordered winding of wire with graduation for multi-pole rotor" was invented by Eric Touzet (Chatou, France), Nicolas Potelle (Chatou, France), Xavier Lefeuvre (Chatou, France), Remi Louviot (Chatou, France), Sebastien Strim (Chatou, France) and Celine Gauthier (Chatou, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatic winding device for winding wire onto a pole of a multi-pole rotor, the pole includes a bottom and a head, the device comprising: a support vice supporting the rotor and capable of rotational movement about a first axis, a need...