ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,965, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).

"Coil component and manufacturing method for coil component" was invented by Hiroyuki Honda (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Katsuyuki Takahashi (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coil component includes a core having a core portion extending in an axial direction, and first and second flange portions respectively provided at both ends of the core portion in the axial direction, a coil wound around the core portion, and a top plate which spans between the first flange portion and the second flange portion. The first flange portion has a fir...