ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,394,558, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Surface-mounted magnetic-component module" was invented by Lee Francis (Milton Keynes, Great Britain), William Jarvis (Milton Keynes, Great Britain), Takayuki Tange (Milton Keynes, Great Britain) and Shouhei Hirose (Milton Keynes, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic-component module includes a substrate, a core on a first surface of the substrate, a spacer on the core, a gap between a bottom surface of the core and the first surface of the substrate, a winding including wire bonds extending over the core and electrically connect...