ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,696, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).
"Inductor component and mounting component" was invented by Kouji Yamauchi (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Yoshimasa Yoshioka (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inductor component includes an element body having a main surface, a coil disposed in the element body, and extending along the main surface, and a first vertical wiring and a second vertical wiring provided in the element body such that respective end surfaces thereof are exposed from the main surface of the element body, and connected to respective ends of the coil. The coil ...