US Patent Issued to Raytheon on Dec. 23 for "Surface mount compatible planar magnetics for high shock environments" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,505,947, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Raytheon Co. (Tewksbury, Mass.).

"Surface mount compatible planar magnetics for high shock environments" was invented by Dennis W. Mercier (Hudson, Mass.) and David Dazuo Zhu (Boston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A winding assembly, such as a transformer or an inductor, includes a spring clip and a retaining clip for mechanically coupling the winding assembly to a printed circuit board (PCB) or a printed wiring board (PWB). The clips provide structural rigidity to the winding assembly, allowing the winding assembly to remain functional during high shock events. Further, the clips compress a th...