ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,589, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Delta Electronics Inc. (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

"Magnetic element" was invented by Yueh-Cheng Hsieh (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Zengyi Lu (Taoyuan, Taiwan) and Te-Chih Peng (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic element is provided and includes a first magnetic core, a second magnetic core and two windings. The first magnetic core is made of a first material and includes two winding pillars and two connecting parts. The first magnetic core has a first permeability. The second magnetic core is made of a second material and has a second permeability. The first permeability is less than the s...