ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,304, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Delta Electronics (Shanghai) Co. LTD. (Shanghai).

"Integrally-formed inductor and power supply module" was invented by Mingzhun Zhang (Shanghai), Jinping Zhou (Shanghai) and Min Zhou (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrally-formed inductor includes a magnetic core and a first winding. The magnetic core includes a first surface and a second surface disposed opposite to each other, and a side surface disposed between the first surface and the second surface. The first winding includes a first longitudinal portion, a second longitudinal portion, and a first connecting portion provide...