US Patent Issued to Murata Manufacturing on May 19 for "Inductor" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,444, issued on May 19, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).

"Inductor" was invented by Seiya Kikuchi (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inductor comprising a component main body including a non-conductive material, and a coil inside the component main body and having a plurality of line conductors, each extending along a principal surface of the component main body, and a plurality of via conductors each extending perpendicularly to the principal surface of the component main body. The plurality of via conductors include a curved via conductor in a long and curve shape extending along a fi...