US Patent Issued to TDK on March 24 for "Composite electronic component" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,712, issued on March 24, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Composite electronic component" was invented by Tomonaga Nishikawa (Tokyo), Keigo Higashida (Tokyo), Masaki Yoneyama (Tokyo), Michitaka Okazaki (Tokyo) and Masumi Kameda (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a composite electronic component that includes: a first coil pattern formed on at least a first conductor layer, the first coil pattern having one end coupled to the first terminal electrode and other end coupled to the second terminal electrode; a second coil pattern formed on at least a second conductor layer; a third coil pattern formed on at lea...