ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,406,798, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).
"Inductor component" was invented by Rikiya Sano (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Masayuki Yoneda (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inductor component includes an element body. The element body has a mounting surface and a top surface that are parallel to each other, first and second parallel end surfaces, and first and second parallel side surfaces. An inductor wiring is disposed inside the element body. A first lead-out electrode is connected to a first end of the inductor wiring in an extension direction of the inductor wiring. A sec...