ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,237, issued on April 21, was assigned to TAIYO YUDEN Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Coil component and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Hideaki Hoshino (Tokyo), Kenichiro Nogi (Tokyo), Ichiro Yokoyama (Tokyo), Yoshiaki Kamiyama (Tokyo) and Yukihiro Saida (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coil component according to one or more embodiments of the invention includes a base body containing a plurality of metal magnetic particles, a coil conductor, and an external electrode. In one or more embodiments, the coil conductor has a coil portion disposed inside the base body, and an end surface exposed from a first surface of the b...