ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,669, issued on May 27, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).
"Inductor" was invented by Takumi Arai (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Motoki Toyama (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inductor is configured to keep an inductance value within an allowable range of a specification. The inductor includes a conductor embedded in a core containing magnetic powder. The core includes a mounting surface facing a mounting substrate side at the time of mounting, an upper surface facing the mounting surface, a pair of end surfaces orthogonal to the mounting surface, and a pair of side surfaces orthogonal to the...