US Patent Issued to TAIYO YUDEN on April 29 for "Coil component and method of manufacturing the same" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,288,639, issued on April 29, was assigned to TAIYO YUDEN Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Coil component and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Hirotaka Wakabayashi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a coil component less prone to aggregation of metal fillers contained in an external electrode. The coil component includes: a base body; a conductor wound around a coil axis; and an external electrode provided on a surface of the base body and electrically connected to an end portion of the conductor, wherein the external electrode includes an electrode layer containing a plurality of first fillers, a plurality of second fill...