US Patent Issued to Murata Manufacturing on Sept. 8 for "Coil component" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,724, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).

"Coil component" was invented by Yutaka Noguchi (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Minoru Gibu (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coil component includes a magnetic body containing metal magnetic particles; a coil embedded in the magnetic body; and an outer electrode at at least the bottom surface (for example, a first main surface) of the magnetic body and electrically connected to the coil. The outer electrode (for example, a first outer electrode) includes, in order from the side of the magnetic body, an underlayer containing Ag, and a p...