ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,367,997, issued on July 22, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).
"Coil component" was invented by Takashi Sakai (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coil component includes an insulator part, a coil that is embedded in the insulator part and includes a plurality of coil conductor layers electrically connected together, and outer electrodes that are disposed on surfaces of the insulator part and are electrically connected to the coil. The insulator part includes a magnetic phase containing at least Fe, Ni, Zn, and Cu and a non-magnetic phase containing at least Si and Zn. A portion of the insulat...