ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,212, issued on April 14, was assigned to Vishay Dale Electronics LLC (Columbus, Neb.).

"Method of making a shielded inductor" was invented by Darek Blow (Yankton, S.D.), Timothy M. Shafer (Yankton, S.D.), Chris Gubbels (Hartington, Neb.) and Benjamin M. Hanson (Worthing, S.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shielded inductor and a method of making a shielded inductor are provided. The shielded inductor includes a core body surrounding a conductive coil, leads in electrical communication with the coil, and a shield covering at least parts of the outer surface of the core body. An insulating material may be provided between parts of ...