ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,231, issued on April 21, was assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Mie, Japan), SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan) and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Reactor, converter, and power conversion device" was invented by Shinichiro Yamamoto (Mie, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a reactor including a coil and a magnetic core. The coil includes a winding portion, the number of winding portions is one, the winding portion has a rectangular tubular shape, the magnetic core is an assembly obtained by combining a first core portion and a second core portion, and the first core portion and the se...