ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,592, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).

"Inductor component" was invented by Yoshimasa Yoshioka (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compact inductor component includes an element body having a principal surface. A first inductor wire and a second inductor wire extend in parallel with the principal surface in the element body. The number of turns of the second inductor wire is 0.25. The first inductor wire includes a first wire main body extending linearly. The second inductor wire includes a second wire main body extending linearly. The wire length of the second wire ma...