ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,771,003, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to KYOSAN ELECTRIC MFG. Co. LTD. (Yokohama, Japan).
"Nonreciprocal circuit element" was invented by Hiroshi Kunitama (Yokohama, Japan) and Takuya Yoshida (Yokohama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nonreciprocal circuit element according to the present invention comprises a nonreciprocal unit provided with a ferrite, an electromagnet that applies a DC magnetic field to the ferrite, and conductors that are arranged so as to intersect with each other in an insulated state with respect to the ferrite and that have a plurality of shorted terminal ends. The nonreciprocal circuit element comprises...