ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,712, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Inductor component" was invented by Rikiya Sano (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Tomonori Sakata (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inductor component comprising an element body formed by laminating a plurality of insulating layers, and a helically wound coil disposed in the element body. The insulating layer contains a base material and a crystal, wherein a refractive index of each of the base material and the crystal is 1.8 or less for at least one wavelength of 350 nm or more and 450 nm or less (i.e., from 350 nm to 450 nm). The coil in...