ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,524, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to TDK Electronics AG (Munich).

"Component with a winding carrier and core and method for producing a component" was invented by Vladimir Malinovskiy (Munich) and Matthias Haubner (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A component having a winding carrier, at least one winding, a magnetic core and first and second connections. The winding carrier surrounds at least regions of the core in such a way that an insulation section between the connections along an underside of the component cannot be bypassed via the core. In particular, an underside of the winding carrier is designed to be closed."

The...