ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,340,931, issued on June 24, was assigned to TAIYO YUDEN Co. LTD (Tokyo).
"Coil component, circuit board arrangement, electronic device and method of manufacturing coil component" was invented by Yasuhiro Arai (Takasaki, Japan) and Tomoo Kashiwa (Takasaki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coil component includes a base body, a conductor inside the base body, and an external electrode electrically connected to the conductor. The base body has metal magnetic particles bonded by a first resin, and has a first surface that faces a mounting board, and a second surface adjacent to the first surface. The external electrode includes a first...