ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,791, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Directional coupler, radio-frequency module, and communication device" was invented by Daisuke Tokuda (Kyoto, Japan), Ryangsu Kim (Kyoto, Japan), Yuuta Miyazaki (Kyoto, Japan) and Naoya Akashi (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A directional coupler includes a first main line, a second main line, first sub-lines, second sub-lines, a first output terminal, a second output terminal, a first inductor, and a second inductor. The first output terminal is configured to be coupled to the first sub-lines. The first output terminal is configured t...