ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,385, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).
"Coil component" was invented by Kota Takayama (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Bonding strength between a core and a top plate is increased in a coil component. Surface roughnesses of a top surface of a flange portion of the core and a lower main surface of the top plate are different. For example, the surface roughness of the lower main surface is smaller than the surface roughness of the top surface. A protrusion protruding from the lower main surface having smaller surface roughness and in contact with the top surface of the ...