ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,626,852, issued on May 12, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).

"Inductor component" was invented by Yoshimasa Yoshioka (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Ryuichiro Tominaga (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Keisuke Kunimori (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Yuuki Kawakami (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inductor component includes a base body having a main surface, an inductor wiring extending in parallel to the main surface in the base body, a first vertical wiring, connected to a first end of the inductor wiring, that is exposed through the main surface, and a second vertical wiring, connected to a second end of the inducto...