ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,254, issued on June 17, was assigned to TAIYO YUDEN Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Coil component, circuit board, and electronic device" was invented by Daiki Mimura (Tokyo) and Tetsuyuki Suzuki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coil component according to one aspect of the present invention includes: a magnetic base body containing a plurality of metal magnetic particles and a binder binding the plurality of metal magnetic particles together; and a coil conductor provided in the magnetic base body and including a winding portion wound around a coil axis, wherein as viewed from a direction of the coil axis, the magnetic base body includes ...