ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,183, issued on Jan. 20, 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: "A coil component includes a core, and projection is on a lower main surface of a top plate and a recess for receiving the projection is in a top surface of a flange portion in the core. The projection has a frustoconical shape, for example, and the cavity formed by the recess has a conical inner peripheral surface. An outer surface of the projection and a wall surface that defines the recess form guide surfaces which guide the projection into the rece...