ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,285, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to SUZHOU OPPLE LIGHTING Co. LTD. (Suzhou, China) and OPPLE LIGHTING Co. LTD. (Shanghai).

"Inductor skeleton structure, inductance device and luminaire" was invented by Xianwei Zhang (Suzhou, China), Xiao Jiao (Suzhou, China), Pingwei Zhang (Suzhou, China) and Yisheng Xiao (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inductor skeleton structure includes a pedestal and a main winding part. The pedestal includes a base, a fixing part and an auxiliary winding part, the fixing part is disposed on the base, and the auxiliary winding part is extended away from the base from a side surface; the main ...