ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,553, issued on April 7, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).
"Manufacturing method of surface-mount inductor" was invented by Keita Muneuchi (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surface-mount inductor comprises a molded body containing a metal magnetic powder; at least one coil buried in the molded body such that lead-out end parts at both ends of the coil are at least partially exposed on a surface of the molded body; and an external terminal formed over an exposed surface of each of the lead-out end parts. A metal magnetic powder exposed portion is formed at least around the exposed surfac...