US Patent Issued to TDK on Sept. 29 for "Flat coil and coil device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,749,615, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Flat coil and coil device" was invented by Masaru Kumagai (Tokyo), Shinichiro Kokubo (Tokyo) and Ge Li (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flat coil comprises a coil main portion having a flat shape; a lead portion drawn out from the coil main portion; and a heat-dissipating portion provided to the coil main portion at a location different from where the lead portion is drawn out from the coil main portion, the heat-dissipating portion meeting the coil main portion at a predetermined angle."

The patent was filed on Oct. 4, 2023, under Application No. 18/480,547.

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