ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,660, issued on May 27, was assigned to TAIYO YUDEN Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Magnetic body, coil component including magnetic body, and method of manufacturing magnetic body" was invented by Yoko Orimo (Tokyo), Tomoo Kashiwa (Tokyo), Takayuki Arai (Tokyo) and Hirotaro Seino (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One object is to provide a magnetic body having a high mechanical strength. A magnetic body according to one embodiments of the present invention includes: first particles of a first alloy containing Fe and Cr; second particles of a second alloy containing at least one of Al or Mn; and bonding portions containing at least one of Al o...