ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,744,147, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).
"Coil device" was invented by Taichi Watanabe (Tokyo), Keigo Higashida (Tokyo) and Hanako Yoshino (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coil device includes first and second wires, a drum core having a winding part around which the wires are wound. The drum core has first and second flanges formed at different ends of the winding core part along the first axis. First and second terminals which connect with the first wire are formed at the first flange, and third and fourth terminals which connect with the second wire are formed at the second flange. The first wire has a f...