US Patent Issued to Murata Manufacturing on May 20 for "Metal magnetic particle, inductor, method for manufacturing metal magnetic particle, and method for manufacturing metal magnetic core" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,162, issued on May 20, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).

"Metal magnetic particle, inductor, method for manufacturing metal magnetic particle, and method for manufacturing metal magnetic core" was invented by Takuya Ishida (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Makoto Yamamoto (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Katsutoshi Uji (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Yuya Ishida (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Mitsuru Odahara (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metal magnetic particle provided with an oxide layer on a surface of an alloy particle containing Fe and Si. The oxide layer has a first oxide layer, a second oxide layer, and a third oxide...