US Patent Issued to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES on Oct. 6 for "Core piece, reactor, converter, and power conversion device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,755,888, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Mie, Japan), SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan) and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Core piece, reactor, converter, and power conversion device" was invented by Shinichiro Yamamoto (Mie, Japan) and Kazushi Kusawake (Mie, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A core piece includes a middle core portion configured to be arranged inside a coil, and an end core portion configured to face an end face of the coil. The middle core portion includes a hole portion or a groove portion extending in an axial direction of the coil. In a lateral cross-se...