ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,598, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Joulwatt Technology Co. Ltd. (Hangzhou, China).

"Inductor, inductor fabrication method, and power supply circuit containing inductor" was invented by Jianyu Xie (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inductor includes an encapsulation shell with an inductive component encapsulated inside; an input electrode exposed on a surface of the encapsulation shell and configured to receive an alternating voltage; an output electrode exposed on the surface of the encapsulation shell and configured to output a direct current voltage, where the input electrode and the output electrode are electr...