ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,638, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).
"Method of manufacturing an inductor component" was invented by Yoshiyuki Oota (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Tomohiro Kido (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Tomonori Sakata (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Masahiro Kubota (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Kenta Kondo (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing an inductor component includes preparing an insulating paste that is photosensitive and that includes a filler material composed of quartz, a glass material and a resin material, and a conductive paste, forming a first insulating layer by applying the ...