US Patent Issued to Murata Manufacturing on May 13 for "Method of manufacturing a coil component" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,422, issued on May 13, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).

"Method of manufacturing a coil component" was invented by Akio Igarashi (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Yuuji Igarashi (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Koji Onishi (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Takuya Ishida (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Takao Miyamoto (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Advantage is taken of the fact that tin has a higher efficiency of absorption of a laser beam than, for example, copper. A method of manufacturing a coil component includes preparing a wire that includes a linear, central conductor and an insulating coating that covers a circumferential...