ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,505,951, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Block coil" was invented by Takayuki Tange (Milton Keynes, Great Britain), Lee Francis (Milton Keynes, Great Britain), Scott Andrew Parish (Milton Keynes, Great Britain) and Rohit Sidapara (Milton Keynes, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic module includes a substrate or a lead frame including primary conductive patterns and secondary conductive patterns; a magnetic core; a block coil including a resin body that is located on or above the substrate or the lead frame and that extends over the magnetic core, first terminals tha...