US Patent Issued to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES on May 19 for "Integrated quad-core transformer with asymmetric gap distribution for magnetic flux balancing" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,450, issued on May 19, was assigned to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Integrated quad-core transformer with asymmetric gap distribution for magnetic flux balancing" was invented by Mohamed Elshaer (Canton, Mich.) and Chingchi Chen (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first transformer includes a first quad core with four first legs and first windings wound around each of the first legs such that a winding direction for diagonal ones of the first legs is same. A second transformer includes a second quad core with four second legs and second windings wound around each of the second legs such that a windin...