US Patent Issued to Steering Solutions IP Holding on March 18 for "High current surface mount toroid inductor" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,002, issued on March 18, was assigned to Steering Solutions IP Holding Corp. (Saginaw, Mich.).

"High current surface mount toroid inductor" was invented by Michael C. Hallman (Birch Run, Mich.), Wayne B. Thomas (Saginaw, Mich.), Shawn M. Barber (Bay City, Mich.), Matthew W. Mielke (Freeland, Mich.), Donald E. Lemke (Frankenmuth, Mich.) and Kenneth G. Johnston (Freeland, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inductor comprises a base having a top surface, a bottom surface, and at least one side surface. The top surface is spaced from the bottom surface. The at least one side surface connects the top surface to the bottom surface. A...