ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,259, issued on July 7, was assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD. (Tokyo).

"Signal transmission circuit" was invented by Hideaki Emoto (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A signal transmission circuit for transmitting an insulation signal includes: a multilayer substrate including a plurality of layers; and a pattern transformer disposed on the multilayer substrate. The pattern transformer includes a primary winding having a wound printed pattern wiring provided in each of a first plane region and a second plane region of the multilayer substrate, and a secondary winding disposed at a different position from the prim...