ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,278, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Delta Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. (Shanghai).

"Integrated inductor and power module" was invented by Zengyi Lu (Shanghai) and Tianding Hong (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The application provides an integrated inductor and a power module. The integrated inductor includes a magnetic core, comprising: two winding columns disposed in parallel, each provided with an air gap; a first cover plate disposed under the two winding columns; a second cover plate disposed above the two winding columns, and opposite to the first cover plate; and a common column connected between the first and s...