ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,379, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to SOLUM Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Transformer and power supplying device including the same" was invented by Chang Yong Kwon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dong Kyun Ryu (Seoul, South Korea), Yun Sic Bang (Uiwang-si, South Korea) and Sang Keun Ji (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transformer includes: a magnetic core including a lower magnetic structure and an upper magnetic structure; a printed circuit board arranged between the lower magnetic structure and the upper magnetic structure and including a core hole through which a midsection of the magnetic core penetr...