ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,086, issued on July 15, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).
"Coil component" was invented by Noboru Shiokawa (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Keiichirou Hayashi (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coil component includes a cover member containing an ultraviolet curable resin and a filler made of flat particles each having a major axis and a minor axis. The filler preferably contains talc particles. The particles of the filler contained in a portion of the cover member that covers a top surface of the flange are aligned to orient the major axes parallel or substantially parallel to the top surface. ...