US Patent Issued to Murata Manufacturing on Sept. 23 for "Inductor component and electronic component" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,374, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).

"Inductor component and electronic component" was invented by Rikiya Sano (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Masayuki Yoneda (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inductor component comprising an element body; and a coil disposed within the element body and wound along an axial direction. In an inner diameter of the coil, the inner diameter of the coil at both end portions in the axial direction is greater than the inner diameter of the coil at a central portion in the axial direction."

The patent was filed on Feb. 28, 2022, under Applicat...