ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,258, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Coil component" was invented by Min Jeong Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Young Ji Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coil component includes a body, a coil portion disposed in the body, first and second external electrodes spaced apart from each other on one surface of the body and respectively connected to the coil portion, and a marking portion disposed on the one surface of the body and penetrating through the second external electrode."
The patent was filed on April 15, 2022, under Application No. 17/721...