US Patent Issued to Murata Manufacturing on July 29 for "High-frequency inductor component" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,484, issued on July 29, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).

"High-frequency inductor component" was invented by Tsuyoshi Takamatsu (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Keiichi Yoshinaka (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Minoru Matsunaga (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high-frequency inductor component comprises an element body; a coil within the element body and having a helical structure in which the coil is wound along an axial direction; and first and second external electrodes on the element body and electrically connected to the coil. The element body includes first and second end surfaces that face each o...