ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,113, issued on June 23, was assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Inductor" was invented by Mutsuyasu Otsubo (Hyogo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inductor includes: a magnetic core; a coil element including a coil portion and a drawn portion; an electrode member located on a side surface and a bottom surface; and a connection portion connecting the drawn portion and the electrode member. The electrode member includes a bottom plate portion located along the bottom surface, a side plate portion located along the side surface, and a first protruding plate portion connected to the si...