ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,652, issued on June 17, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Antenna device" was invented by Minoru Sunahara (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna device includes an antenna body and a case that accommodates the antenna body. The antenna body includes a bobbin including a pair of side walls that extend in a first direction with inner surfaces that face each other in a second direction crossing the first direction. A winding is wound around the bobbin to surround the side walls while the axial direction is parallel to the first direction. A core is held by the side walls between th...