Patent ID: 7782167

Claim:
A winding plate assembly for an electrical conductor, comprising: a plurality of mechanically separate plate elements, each having an oblong rectangular shape with longitudinal edges, said plurality of plate elements being disposed successively adjacent to one another with the respective longitudinal edges of adjacent plate elements being parallel to each other; a plurality of mechanical articulations respectively mechanically connecting adjacent plate elements with each other, each mechanical articulation connecting said respective longitudinal edges of the adjacent plate elements with each other allowing pivoting, at said respective longitudinal edges, of the adjacent plate elements relative to each other, allowing said plate elements in succession to conform to a curved surface; each of said plate elements having a portion of an overall electrical conductor path configured therein; and a closed-loop conductor held in the respective portions of said conductor path in the respective plate elements, said closed-loop conductor also conforming to said curved surface by virtue of being held in said portions of said conductor path configured in the respective plate elements.