US Patent Issued to Coilcraft on May 19 for "Electronic component" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,441, issued on May 19, was assigned to Coilcraft Inc. (Cary, Ill.).

"Electronic component" was invented by Andrzej Klesyk (Lake In The Hills, Ill.), Scott D. Hess (Crystal Lake, Ill.) and Lawrence B. Lestarge (Algonquin, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic component includes a wire winding wound around a central axis. The wire winding having first and second ends, and first and second terminals are connected to or formed by the first and second ends. The terminals provide electrical contacts for connecting the component into a circuit. The component has a wet press molded body made of a mixture of magnetic and non-magnet...