ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,211,637, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).

"Coil component and manufacturing method of coil component" was invented by Yukinobu Masuda (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Shigeto Yamamoto (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Shingo Nakamoto (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Kaori Takezawa (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coil component comprises a first wire including a winding portion wound around a winding core portion of a core, a first end portion electrically connected to a terminal electrode provided in a first flange portion, and a first extended portion connecting the winding portion and the first end ...