ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,243, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).
"Inductor component" was invented by Yoshimasa Yoshioka (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Kiyotaka Nishi (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inductor component comprising a base; a coil in the base body and wound along a direction of an axis; and first and second external electrodes disposed on the base body and electrically connected to the coil. The base body includes first and second end surfaces and a second end surface at ends in the length direction, first and second side surfaces at ends in the width direction, and bottom and top su...