ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,704, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to TAIYO YUDEN Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Coil component, circuit board, and electronic device" was invented by Yoshiaki Kamiyama (Tokyo), Kenichiro Nogi (Tokyo), Hideaki Hoshino (Tokyo) and Shinsuke Takeoka (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coil component comprises a coil conductor including a circling portion extending around a coil axis, a base body covering the circling portion, a first external electrode, and a second external electrode. The base body has a first surface intersecting the coil axis, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and an outer surface including a connecting surfa...