ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,064, issued on July 14, was assigned to TAMURA Corp. (Japan).

"Reactor" was invented by Kazuki Sakamoto (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Reactor 10 includes the core 4, the coil 2 attached to the core 4, the resin member 5 covering a periphery of the core 4, and the fastening portion 53 fastening the external terminal 61 of the external device electrically connected to the coil 2. The external terminal 61 is connected to the lead wire 62 connecting the external terminal 61 and the external device. The lead wire 62 is wired linearly above the core 4 along the core 4 to which the coil 2 is not attached. The resin member 5...