ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,400,777, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Japan).

"Insulator-coated soft magnetic powder, method for producing insulator-coated soft magnetic powder, dust core, magnetic element, electronic device, and vehicle" was invented by Yasutaka Matsumoto (Suwa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An insulator-coated soft magnetic powder contains: a soft magnetic powder; and an insulating film with which a particle surface of the soft magnetic powder is coated and which contains a fluorine compound, in which an average particle diameter of the soft magnetic powder is 1 micro metre or more and 15 micro metre or less, an averag...