ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,667, issued on May 27, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Method of manufacturing an embedded magnetic component device" was invented by Scott Andrew Parish (Milton Keynes, Great Britain) and Lee Francis (Milton Keynes, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embedded magnetic component device includes a magnetic core located in a cavity extending into an insulating substrate. The cavity and magnetic core are coved with a cover layer. Through holes extend through the cover layer and the insulating substrate, and are plated to define conductive vias. Metallic traces are provided at exterior surfaces...