ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,217,896, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Coil component" was invented by Chan Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dong Hwan Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dong Jin Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Sang Soo Park (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coil component includes a body, a planar spiral-shaped coil portion disposed in the body, a lead portion disposed to be spaced apart from the coil portion in the body, a support substrate disposed between the coil portion and the lead portion to correspond to the lead portion, a via penetrating through the support substrate...