ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,025, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SUMIDA Corp. (Japan).

"Coil component" was invented by Sho Maesawa (Natori, Japan) and Takashi Haga (Natori, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coil component includes a bobbin, a magnetic core, a coil, and a cover member attached onto the bobbin along an attachment direction. One of the cover member and the bobbin has a spring piece. The spring piece elastically energizes the other of the cover member and the bobbin. The spring piece extends along the attachment direction and has one end, a contact part, an entering part, and a tip end. The other of the cover member and the bobbin has a co...