ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,347,611, issued on July 1, was assigned to TAIYO YUDEN Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Coil component and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Kazuki Yoshida (Tokyo) and Hitoshi Matsuura (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coil component according to one or more embodiments of the invention includes a base body including a plurality of metal magnetic particles, where each metal magnetic particle contains a metal element, a coil conductor including a buried portion provided in the base body and an exposed portion externally exposed through the base body, where the coil conductor is mainly composed of copper, and an insulating oxide lay...