ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,614, issued on July 28.
"Method and apparatus for plating metal and metal oxide layer cores" was invented by John Othniel McDonald (Reno, Nev.), Zachary Zimits (Reno, Nev.) and Daniel Smallwood (Coco Beach, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method for plating magnetic cores by periodically transferring a plate directly back and forth between a metal plating environment and an insulation deposit environment. This direct metal to insulation to metal plating is enabled by a nano-scale insulation layer that provides an imperfect coverage of the metal layer while still keeping sufficient insulation to prevent eddy curre...