ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,126, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).

"Inductor component" was invented by Seiya Kikuchi (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inductor component comprising an element body; and a coil disposed in the element body and wound along an axial direction. The element body includes a void which exists at least in a region within 10 micro metre from the coil."

The patent was filed on March 2, 2022, under Application No. 17/685,217.

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