ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,022, issued on July 28, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).

"Inductor component and method of manufacturing same" was invented by Yoshimasa Yoshioka (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Kouji Yamauchi (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inductor component comprising an element body having first and second magnetic layers laminated in order along a first direction; an inductor wire on a plane orthogonal to the first direction between the first and second magnetic layers and including side surfaces facing a direction orthogonal to the first direction; and a side surface insulating part made of a non-mag...