ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,662, issued on May 27, was assigned to SHT CORPORATION LIMITED (Osaka, Japan).

"Current transformer module" was invented by Yuichi Imazato (Izumisano, Japan), Kazuhiro Kasatani (Izumisano, Japan) and Kazusa Mori (Izumisano, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a current transformer module that can prevent the primary coil from being lifted or dropped and prevent the bobbin from being cracked when the primary coil is inserted into the bobbin. The current transformer module 12 of the present invention comprises a current transformer 10 including a resin-made bobbin 20 and a core 50 mounted on the bobbin, ...