ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,065, issued on July 14, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).

"Coil component" was invented by Masayuki Ishida (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Hiroyuki Honda (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Takuma Sagara (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Shingo Nakamoto (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Takuya Ishida (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coil component includes a drum core including a winding core portion, first and second flange portions, a first metal terminal attached to the first flange portion, and a first wire. The first flange portion is connected to a first end of the winding core portion in a direction along a central axis of th...