ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. RE50,351, issued on March 25, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).
"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...