ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,626,849, issued on May 12, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).
"Coil component" was invented by Keiichi Ishida (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coil component includes an element assembly including a coil conductor formed by winding a conductor coated with an electrically insulating film and a magnetic portion containing metal magnetic particles and resin, and an outer electrode electrically connected to an exposed surface of an extended part of the coil conductor, exposed on a surface of the element assembly and disposed on the surface of the element assembly. The metal magnetic particles i...