ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,394,560, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).

"Coil component and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Ryuichiro Tominaga (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Keisuke Kunimori (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Yuuki Kawakami (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Yoshimasa Yoshioka (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coil component includes a main body made of a magnetic material, a linear inductor wiring conductor arranged in the main body, an electrically insulating pedestal having a top surface extending along the inductor wiring conductor in the main body and a pair of side surfaces each extending from...