ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,969, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to TAIYO YUDEN Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Coil component" was invented by Kazuki Yoshida (Tokyo) and Takayuki Arai (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One object is to improve the electrical insulation between a conducting wire and a dust core without forming an insulating layer such as a glass layer on the dust core. A coil component includes: a dust core including a first flange, a second flange, and a winding core, the first flange having an inside surface including a first surface and a second surface, the second flange being opposed to the inside surface of the first flange, the winding core extendin...