ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,230,431, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Coil component" was invented by No Il Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seung Mo Lim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Tae Jun Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Boum Seock Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Byung Soo Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coil component includes a body having a first surface and a first end surface and a second end surface each connected to the first surface and opposing each other, a support substrate disposed in the body, a coil unit including a first coil pattern, a first lead pattern and a secon...