ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,233, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SK NEXILIS Co. LTD. (Jeongeup-si, South Korea).

"Metal foil core" was invented by In Cheol Shin (Jeongeup-si, South Korea), In Soo Jung (Jeongeup-si, South Korea) and Jae Hoon Jung (Jeongeup-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a metal foil core including a winding member around which a metal foil is wound, a first protrusion member protruding from the winding member in a first direction (direction of arrow FD) of a first axis direction (X-axis direction), a second protrusion member protruding from the winding member in a second direction (direction o...