ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,216, issued on April 14, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).
"Coil component" was invented by Keiichi Ishida (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coil component includes an element assembly including a coil conductor formed by winding a conductor coated with an electrically insulating film and a magnetic portion containing metal magnetic particles and resin, and an outer electrode electrically connected to an exposed surface, exposed on a surface of the element assembly, of an extended part of the coil conductor and disposed on a surface of the element assembly. The metal magnetic particle...