ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,057, issued on July 14, was assigned to TAIYO YUDEN Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Coil component, circuit board arrangement and electronic equipment" was invented by Kenji Ono (Takasaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coil component includes at least one outer electrode, an element body and a conductor. The element body includes a first surface on which at least a portion of each of the outer electrode(s) is provided, a second surface immediately adjacent to the first surface, a core portion extending from the second surface in axial direction of the core portion, and a recess having a curved concave surface replacing at a portion of a ...