ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,406,791, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).
"Inductor component" was invented by Yoshimasa Yoshioka (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Hiroki Imaeda (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The inductor component includes a first magnetic layer, an inductor wiring line laminated on a main face of the first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer disposed in the same layer as the inductor wiring line, a third magnetic layer disposed on a main face of the inductor wiring line and the second magnetic layer on a side opposite to the first magnetic layer, and an insulation layer being a non-magne...