ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,118, issued on June 23, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).
"Inductor component" was invented by Tarou Tsujibayashi (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Masashi Miyamoto (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inductor component includes a drum-shaped core, a wire, and a top plate. The drum-shaped core includes a winding core portion, a first flange portion, and a second flange portion. The winding core portion has a columnar shape extending along a central axis as a center. The first flange portion is connected to a first end of the winding core portion. The wire is wound around the winding core portion....