ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,307, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).

"Inductor component and method of manufacturing inductor component" was invented by Yoshimasa Yoshioka (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Momoka Hori (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Tomomi Higashiyama (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inductor component includes an element body, a coil disposed in the element body, and a non-magnetic insulating layer configured to cover at least part of the coil. The element body has a first magnetic layer and a second magnetic layer stacked in order along a first direction. The coil has an inductor wiring extending...