ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,070, issued on July 14, was assigned to TAI-TECH ADVANCED ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Taoyuan City, Taiwan).

"Inductor" was invented by Hsiang-Chung Yang (Taoyuan City, Taiwan), Pao-Lin Shen (Taoyuan City, Taiwan) and Ming-Yen Hsieh (Taoyuan City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The inductor includes a core, a floor plate, a first protection layer, and a second protection layer. The core includes a first flange, a second flange, and a middle section, where the middle section is sandwiched between the first and second flange, the middle section is wound around by a coil, the first and second flanges respectively have a side upon which...