ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,959, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to ITG ELECTRONICS INC. (Elmsford, N.Y.).

"Integrated coupling inductor" was invented by Martin Kuo (Elmsford, N.Y.) and Nanhai Zhu (Elmsford, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated coupling inductor includes a magnetic core frame, a magnetic core, two magnetic core columns, and two coil assemblies. The magnetic core is disposed on the magnetic core frame. In a first direction, a first space and a second space are defined by the magnetic core and the two inner wall surfaces of the magnetic core frame. In a second direction, a third space and a fourth space is defined by the magnetic core ...