US Patent Issued to The Boeing on March 18 for "U-shaped induction welding coil and method of use thereof" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,885, issued on March 18, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Chicago).

"U-shaped induction welding coil and method of use thereof" was invented by Landon Keith Henson (Snoqualmie, Wash.) and John R. Hull (Sammamish, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An induction welding coil includes a spine having a planar body with opposing ends, and a pair of prongs extending perpendicularly from the opposing ends of the spine. Each of the prongs has a planar body, wherein the spine and the pair of prongs are formed from a ferrite material to define a ferrite core. The induction welding coil further includes a coil wire having a plurality of windi...