ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,009, issued on March 18, was assigned to Solaredge Technologies Ltd. (Herzeliya, Israel).

"Partially-conducting transformer bobbin" was invented by Adi Naor Pomerantz (Tel Aviv, Israel), Tzachi Glovinsky (Petah Tikva, Israel) and Nikolay Tal (Karmiel, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bobbin, which may comprise a hollow cylindrical shell, wherein the hollow cylindrical shell may define or otherwise comprise an inner cavity. The bobbin may comprise one or more flanges located near an end of the hollow cylindrical shell, wherein the flange(s) extends, at least in part, radially away from the inner cavity, wherein the flange(s) c...