US Patent Issued to TDK on June 16 for "Soft magnetic metal powder, dust core, magnetic component, and electronic component" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,658,345, issued on June 16, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Soft magnetic metal powder, dust core, magnetic component, and electronic component" was invented by Masahito Koeda (Tokyo), Satoko Mori (Tokyo), Kazuhiro Yoshidome (Tokyo) and Hiroyuki Matsumoto (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A soft magnetic metal powder including a soft magnetic metal particle. The soft magnetic metal particle includes a metal particle and an oxide part covering the metal particle. An interface between the metal particle and the oxide part has roughness. A maximum height Rz of roughness at the interface between the metal particle and the oxide part ...