ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,232, issued on April 21, was assigned to TOKIN Corp. (Shiroishi, Japan).

"Magnetic core housing and noise reduction device" was invented by Naoko Saito (Sendai, Japan), Yuji Nitobe (Sendai, Japan), Yoshihiro Saito (Sendai, Japan) and Shuichi Hayasaka (Sendai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic core housing capable of applying a sufficient force to a magnetic core is provided. A magnetic core housing according to an aspect of the disclosure includes first and second housings each capable of housing a core, a hinge configured to connect the first and second housings with each other so that they can be opened and closed wi...