ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,327,672, issued on June 10, 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 having an increased adhesion strength between an electrode layer and a plating layer included in an external electrode. A coil component according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a base body; an external electrode provided on a surface of the base body; and a conductor electrically connected to the external electrode and wound around a coil axis, wherein the external electrode includes a fi...