ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,224, issued on March 18, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Electronic component module" was invented by Takafumi Kusuyama (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Tsuyoshi Takakura (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Tadashi Nomura (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic component module that includes a substrate, an inductor element, a single-sided functional component, a sealing resin, and an electromagnetic shield. The inductor element is mounted on the substrate. The single-sided functional component is mounted on a base ground conductor and a base signal conductor that are disposed on a side of the ind...