ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,414, issued on May 13, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).
"Coil component" was invented by Akio Igarashi (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Yuuji Igarashi (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Takao Miyamoto (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coil component includes a drum-shaped core that includes a flange portion, a metal terminal that is mounted on the flange portion and that is formed from a metal plate, and an adhesive layer that contacts both a rising portion of the metal terminal and a rising surface of the flange portion. The adhesive layer includes a thick-walled portion and a thin-walled portion having di...