ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,572, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).
"Inductor component" was invented by Yoshimasa Yoshioka (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Kouji Yamauchi (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A body of an inductor component includes a magnetic layer, a first insulating resin, a second insulating resin, and an insulating layer. First inductor wiring extends along a principal surface of the body, inside the magnetic layer. First vertical wiring is connected to an upper surface of a first pad of the first inductor wiring. An upper surface of the first vertical wiring is exposed without being obs...