US Patent Issued to Murata Manufacturing on Oct. 27 for "Coil component" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,776,435, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).

"Coil component" was invented by Takuma Sagara (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Katsuyuki Takahashi (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Shingo Nakamoto (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To suppress a decrease in mounting strength of a coil component, a coil component includes a drum core including a winding core portion, and first and second flange portions. The coil component includes a first metal terminal which includes a bonding portion, a connecting portion, and a mounting portion. The bonding portion is bonded to the first flange portion with an ad...