ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,594, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).
"Multilayer coil component" was invented by Atsuo Hirukawa (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Kenjirou Koshiji (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Shun Takai (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer coil component includes a multilayer body in which a plurality of insulating layers are stacked in a stacking direction and a coil inside, and outer electrodes on surfaces of the multilayer body and electrically connected to the coil. The insulating layers have a magnetic phase having spinel structure containing at least Fe, Ni, Zn, and Cu and a non-magne...