ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,533, issued on March 3, was assigned to VISHAY DALE ELECTRONICS LLC (Columbus, Neb.).
"Inductor with preformed termination and method and assembly for making the same" was invented by Benjamin Hanson (Lennox, S.D.) and Tyler Witzel (Yankton, S.D.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inductor and method and assembly for making the same are provided. The inductor includes a preformed conductive coil comprising a medial portion between first and second terminal leads, and an inductor body comprising a magnetic material surrounding at least the medial portion of the preformed conductive coil. At least a portion of each of the first and seco...