ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,347,603, issued on July 1, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).

"Molded inductor with magnetic core having mold flow enhancing channels" was invented by Joel Nathan Brassfield (Homer Glen, Ill.), Charles Allen DeVries Jr. (Winfield, Ill.) and Kristen Nguyen Parrish (Dallas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A molded inductor includes a winding having leads configured for attaching leads of the winding to pads on a package substrate, having a magnetic core with a body disposed within the winding, wherein the magnetic core has at least one mold flow enhancing feature that enhances a filling of a magnetic mold material as compared to...