ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,401,288, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to POWER INTEGRATIONS INC. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Energy transfer element including a communication element" was invented by William M. Polivka (Campbell, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy transfer element that provides galvanic isolation in a power controller is disclosed herein. A magnetic core assembly has an aperture. A first power winding is positioned within the magnetic core assembly. A first communication winding and a second communication winding are positioned within the aperture such that both the first and second communication windings are perpendicular to the first power w...