ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,964, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).

"Coil component" was invented by Masaya Taniguchi (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Yuki Kanbe (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Osamu Monguchi (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Kazuto Shibuya (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Shinya Hirai (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coil component includes a core including a core body, first and second flanges at first and second ends, respectively, of the body; first and second outer electrodes on the first and second flanges, respectively; and a wire wound around the body and electrically connected to the electrodes. The body has a peri...