ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,018, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Fair-Rite Products Corp. (Wallkill, N.Y.).

"Soft magnetic core with backwall air gap" was invented by Michael Arasim (Middletown, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A core assembly is made from a material having a magnetic permeability greater than 1. The core assembly includes a base and a lid positioned on the base. Spaced apart end walls project up from the base and a protrusion projects from the base at a position between the end walls. The protrusion projects farther up than the end walls. The lid is formed with an opening into which the protrusion is inserted when the lid is mounted on t...