ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. RE50,342, issued on March 18, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd..
"Lamination inductor" was invented by Masayuki Yoneda (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Keiichi Yoshinaka (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Outer terminal electrodes form exposed surfaces that extend in the form of a substantially L shape while at least part thereof are embedded in a component main-body. A loop conductor layer of the coil conductor has a lower side portion, lateral side portions, oblique side portions, and an upper side portion. The lower side portion has a length shorter than a gap between outer terminal electrodes, and is positioned within...