US Patent Issued to TAIYO YUDEN on May 12 for "Coil component and method for manufacturing same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,431, issued on May 12, was assigned to TAIYO YUDEN Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Coil component and method for manufacturing same" was invented by Yoko Orimo (Takasaki, Japan) and Tomoo Kashiwa (Takasaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic body of the coil component contains, as soft magnetic alloy grains, first grains whose alloy components are substantially Fe, Si, and Cr, and second grains which contain, as alloy components, Fe, Si, and an element other than Si or Cr that oxidizes more easily than Fe; the first grains have, on their surface, an amorphous oxide film containing Si and Cr; the second grains have, on their surface, a...