ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,711, issued on March 24, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Coil component" was invented by Hyung Ho Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sung Jin Park (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jin Hwan Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coil component includes: a body including a molded portion having one surface and the other surface opposing each other, and a cover portion disposed on the one surface of the molded portion; a wound coil disposed between the molded portion and the cover portion in the body, and having first and second lead-out portions extending to one surface of the bod...