ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,531, issued on Aug. 4, 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 Kazuhiro Inaba (Mie, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reactor includes a coil and a magnetic core. The coil includes one winding portion. The magnetic core includes a middle core part, two side core parts and two end core parts. The middle core part has a part to be arranged inside the winding portion. Each of the two side core parts is arranged side by side with the middle core part out...