ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,400,786, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).

"Inductor" was invented by Takumi Arai (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Motoki Toyama (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inductor includes a core containing magnetic powder and a conductor embedded in the core. The core includes a mounting surface facing a mounting substrate side at the time of mounting, end surfaces orthogonal to the mounting surface, and side surfaces orthogonal to the mounting surface and the end surfaces. The conductor includes a conductive wire portion extending inside the core over the end surfaces and electrode po...