ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,184, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Coil component" was invented by Jun Seok Oh (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coil component includes: a body having one surface, and opposite end surfaces facing each other while each being connected to the one surface; a coil unit disposed within the body; slit portions formed in edges at which the one surface of the body meets the opposite end surfaces of the body, respectively; first and second external electrodes disposed on the opposite end surfaces of the body, each thereof being connected to the coil unit...