ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,288,641, issued on April 29, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).
"Core and coil component" was invented by Tarou Tsujibayashi (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Masashi Miyamoto (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A core comprising a winding core part extending in an axial direction; and flange parts respectively disposed at opposite ends of the winding core part in the axial direction. Each of the flange parts has an inner surface facing toward the winding core part, an outer surface facing toward the side opposite to the inner surface, and a lower surface connecting the inner surface and the outer surface...