ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,935, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).
"Inductor component" was invented by Yoshimasa Yoshioka (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Ryuichiro Tominaga (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Hiroki Imaeda (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inductor component comprising a base body; a coil on the base body and wound helically along an axis; and first and second external electrodes disposed on the base body and connected electrically to the coil. The base body includes a substrate having first and second main surfaces that face each other; and an insulating layer on the first main surface. The coil inc...